Amanda Alexander, Detroit Justice Center
A family could be broken up over parking violations that became a missed court date, that became a warrant, that became incarceration. Instead of a school-to-prison pipeline, how do we set up a prison-to-higher-education pipeline or prison-to-job pipelines?
As someone whose family was torn apart by incarceration, Amanda Alexander established the Detroit Justice Center to prevent the separation of families by helping them address issues that could result in incarceration. Learn more about #UnlockedFutures, founded in partnership with New Profit Inc. and Bank of America.
Posted by FreeAmerica on Monday, July 16, 2018