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The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project has just launched their site. Led by former NYT executive editor, Bill Keller, the organization is aimed at reporting on the under represented in the American criminal justice...
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“Incarceration’s Front Door”
Doors at Wapato Correctional Facility A new study about the state of the nation’s jails was just released by the Vera Institute of Justice. From their website: Local jails, which exist in nearly every...
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Stop the Proposed SF Jail
Image from Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)’s website Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) is leading resistance to the proposed “replacement jail” in SF County. See...
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Ban the Box!
Here’s some info about the current Ban the Box campaign in Portland to put their criminal histories in context when they are searching for employment and to disempower the labels: “felon” and...
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Melissa Salazar, Wapato Roundtable Panelist
Melissa Salazar, ‘Drugs Are Everywhere,’ video, 4:48, 2015 After spending a day at Wapato Jail together in December, ERNEST invited Melissa Salazar to present her work at the forthcoming Wapato...
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ERNEST is honored and excited that Emanuel Price will be one of the guest panelists at the Wapato Roundtable event on September 19, 11am-1pm, at St Johns Community Center. Emanuel is the founder and...
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Printing like mad A video posted by Container Corps (@containercorps) on Aug 27, 2015 at 7:21pm PDT Container Corps
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Sept 18 & 19: Opening Reception & Wapato Roundtable
ERNEST, Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility, video still, 2015, made in residence at c3:initiative Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility A project by ERNEST September 18–November 22, 2015 Gallery Hours:...
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Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility, the Book from ERNEST on Vimeo. ERNEST worked with Container Corps to create a publication as one part of our larger artwork, Demos, dealing with the nearby empty...
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