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What is the meaning of justice in a world based
on violence, exclusion and inequality?

Resources for study and action from the American Friends Service Committee

Justice Visions working papers may be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat Reader (available free of charge from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html). Permission is granted to reproduce these materials for noncommercial educational use, provided that any such use credits the author and the sponsoring organization(s).

The Prison Inside the Prison
by Bonnie Kerness and Rachael Kamel

A new briefing paper from the American Friends Service Committee offers a deeper look at the steady proliferation of various types of isolation units throughout the U.S. prison system. "The Prison Inside the Prison" draws on the experience and insights of AFSC's criminal justice programs in Newark, NJ; Cambridge, MA; and Dayton, OH, each of which has sponsored long-term advocacy and organizing efforts around control units and supermax prisons, in partnership with local grassroots initiatives. This new resource explores the rise of control units from the mid-1980s until the present, as well as sharing stories and reflections about the successes (and shortfalls) of efforts to counter the many types of human rights abuses that isolation units have engendered.

Printed copies available for $1 from the National Criminal Justice and Anti-Death Penalty Program, AFSC, 1501 Cherry St. , Philadelphia PA 19102 (215.241.7127 or cruweb@afsc.org). Bulk rates available; free to prisoners.

In a Time of Broken Bones:
A Call to Dialogue on Hate Violence and the Limitations of Hate Crimes Legislation
By Katherine Whitlock
 AFSC 2001.

Is the current push for stronger hate crimes legislation an opportunity to strengthen rights and recognition for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities - or a strategy that will yield many unintended consequences? What is the meaning of justice - and safety - for groups affected by hate violence?

Whose Safety?
Women of Color and the Violence of Law Enforcement
By Anannya Bhattacharjee
 Published by the American Friends Service Committee and the Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment, Philadelphia, May 2001. Copyright © 2001 Anannya Bhattacharjee.

This comprehensive research report documents how women of color, both immigrant and U.S-born, face violence and the abuse of authority from law-enforcement agencies - from local police to the prison system to INS raids. Drawing on interviews with nearly 100 anti-violence activists as well as published sources, "Whose Safety?" outlines community interactions with enforcement agencies, the impact of enforcement violence on key areas of women's lives, and current anti-violence movements.

Printed copies of Justice Visions working papers are available for $5 per copy with a discount of 10 percent on five or more copies. Add $3.50 postage & handling. Only prepaid orders may be accepted; foreign orders will be billed for actual postage. Send orders to Literature Resources Unit, AFSC, 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102. Credit card orders may be phoned in to 1-888-588-2372.

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