Tag: Prison
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Emily Restivo, New York Institute of Technology – Juveniles and the Prison System
On New York Institute of Technology Week: Solitary confinement has wide ranging effects on young adults. Emily Restivo, associate professor of behavioral sciences at the New York Institute of Technology, examines these effects. Emily Restivo, received her Ph.D. and Masters in Criminology from the Florida State University in 2011, and her Bachelor’s degree in Criminal…
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David Coogan, Virginia Commonwealth University – Changing the Narrative in Jail
What should you do with your time while in jail? David Coogan, professor in the department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, examines a writing exercise that could change your course once you are released. Since 2006 David Coogan has been teaching writing workshops in autobiography at the Richmond City Jail (RCJ). The work has…
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William Alex Pridemore, GSU – Incarceration and Early Death
The health care of prisoners is a topic familiar to the The Academic Minute. Where the previous segment focused on the positives of expanding health care for the incarcerated, Dr. William Alex Pridemore, criminologist at Georgia State University, discusses the increased health risk that prisoners face. Dr. William Alex Pridemore is a Distinguished University Professor…