While a few elements are still coming together concerning this Saturday evening’s show, I wanted to share couple of items with you so that you can start thinking about the things we’ll be discussing, and perhaps share this post with others who you think might be interested. Before I get into what we’ll be discussing […]
Tag Archives: parole
Talking about saving trees and saving lives with the folks at Urban Ashes, the controversial EMU presidential search, and Cultivate Coffee and Tap House… on this weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Ann Arbor, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Billy Kangas, Calvin Evans, Cultivate Coffee and Tap House, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Frank Allison, furniture, Howard Bunsis, Judith Kullberg, Paul Hickman, picture frames, prison labor, shared governance, the hiring on ex-fellons, trees, Urban Ashes 8 Comments
Michigan’s prison industrial complex
I’ve been thinking about Michigan prisons quite a bit lately. It seems as though, all of a sudden, the subject is everywhere… The University of Michigan’s annual exhibition of art by Michigan prisoners opened today. There’s an article on the Daily Kos this evening about how, under Governor Snyder’s Emergency Financial Manager plan, non-elected officials […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Economics, Michigan, Politics Also tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, corrections, Great Lakes States, junkets, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, Michigan general fund, minimum required sentence, prison art, Prison Creative Arts Project, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, privatization, Rebekah Warren, tethers, tough on crime, University of Michigan 26 Comments