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Former police chief offers solutions for police inequities

April 10, 2018 Maggie Haddock 0 Comments kcpw, mass incarceration, plan, police, police brutality, strategy

Chris Burbank, a former police chief with the Salt Lake City Police Department, will visit campus to share his solutions to issues seen within America’s carceral system during his talk, “Mass Incarceration and Racial Inequities in Policing: Solutions from a Police Chief.”

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Michelle Alexander calls attention to racial injustice in prisons

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018 Maggie Haddock 0 Comments Asheville, black lives matter, civil rights, Kimmel Arena, maggie haddock, mass incarceration, michelle alexander, news, politics, racial injustice, the new jim crow, UNC Asheville, unca

Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, spoke to the UNC Asheville campus on Jan. 18 to discuss looming questions about racial injustice in U.S. prison systems brought by students and community members.