The Hooks Institute Policy Papers
The Hooks Institute Policy Papers use national conversations about critical civil and human rights issues as a starting point to discuss and propose solutions to, contemporary issues of race, class, public policy, and social justice.
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Current Edition: 2024 Policy Papers
Full Issue
Reimagining The Criminal Legal System to Create a More Equitable Society
The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change
Front Matter
Introduction of Guest Editor
Daphene R. McFerren, Elena Delavega, and Daniel Kiel
Foreword
Lindsey Raisa Feldman
Articles
Identifying and Serving Those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Equitable Approach for Jails and Prisons
Brenna Breshears
No Escape: Jail and the Myth of Innocence
Josh Spickler
