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June 2011 |
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The “Prisons” issue of YES! Magazine
Dear Reader,
Who says the U.S. prison system is a failure? For starters, a prison warden and a former big-city police chief.
There are 2.3 million people behind bars in the United States—more than any other country in the world. They are disproportionately people of color, and far too many of them are in for nonviolent crimes.
Keeping all those people locked up doesn’t make us safer. It does cost us money we don’t have in a time of economic turmoil and calls for austerity. In 2008 we spent $73 billion on prisons. The budget deficit of all 50 states for 2011 is about $84 billion.
The summer issue of YES! Magazine, available now, presents the voices of people who are finding alternatives to prison that keep society safe and rebuild offender’s lives: A warden in Hawai‘i working to make his women’s prison a healing sanctuary; the former Seattle top cop who says it’s time to end the drug war; a former felon who became a newspaper reporter and now works for restorative justice.
From inmates, crime victims, family members of prisoners, teachers in prison colleges, and former inmates helping each other reintegrate, YES! has the stories of people who are showing us how we can make our justice system truly just.
See what’s inside the issue, and if you’re not already a subscriber, make this issue the first in your subscription with this special introductory $12 offer.
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Doug Pibel
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THE YES! 15th ANNIVERSARY PARTY:
A Celebration of 15 Years of YES!
Last week we celebrated our 15th Anniversary in style, with a sold-out event at Town Hall in Seattle.
Van Jones, Bill McKibben, and David Korten spoke on The Power of Citizen Action: Our Hope for a Better World, and we were surrounded by the warmth and goodwill of the YES! community.
For those of you who couldn’t be there, we have a SLIDESHOW OF PHOTOS and a VIDEO OF THE EVENT.
Also, check out our short video on 15 Years of Saying YES!
THE BREAKTHROUGH 15
In our 15th anniversary year, YES! will celebrate our Breakthrough 15: people who are developing some of the most promising new movements, practical solutions, or powerful ideas.
So we’re asking, who is influencing the world around you? Who are your heroes, famous or unsung?
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—Martin Luther King Jr.
Letter from Birmingham jail, April 16, 1963
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