Calvin John Smiley is associate professor of sociology at Hunter College and author of Purgatory Citizenship: Reentry, Race, & Abolition and Defund: Conversations Towards Abolition.
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Putting Reentry Out of Business
Unions must think beyond reform and seriously consider abolition—the elimination and eradication of carceral institutions that exacerbate violence and underprepare people for reentry.
Calvin John Smiley
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Exiting Prison With No Money, No Credit and No Way to Avoid Debt
How the consequences of incarceration and reentry create financial–and social–debt.
Calvin John Smiley
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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