Criminal Justice System

  • By On June 27, 2022 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, Story in the Public Square Tags ,

    Convicted and Condemned with Keesha Middlemass
    Air Dates: December 30, 2019-January 5, 2020 Rebroadcast Dates: June 27-July 3, 2022 With less than 5 percent of the planet’s population, the United States houses 22 percent of the world’s prisoners. The challenges of navigating that system don’t end when the convicted felon completes his or her sentence.  Keesha Middlemass shines a light on the substantial barriers felons face when they try to reenter society.   Middlemass is a ... Read More
  • By On February 28, 2022 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, Story in the Public Square Tags , , ,

    Fighting for Fairness in America’s Justice System with Laura Coates

    Air Dates: February 28-March 6, 2022 The line between what is right and what is just isn’t always clear.  Laura Coates is a former federal prosecutor who describes how she reconciled ideas of justice, race, the role of law enforcement in our society, and her own role in the U.S. justice system. Laura Coates is a CNN senior legal analyst, SiriusXM host and author of “Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s … Read More

  • By On April 13, 2020 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, Story in the Public Square Tags , , , ,

    Dead Man Walking: Life, Death and Justice with Sister Helen Prejean

    Rebroadcast Dates: April 13-19, 2020 Original Air Dates: April 21-27, 2018 Since 1976, nearly 1,500 Americans have been executed in the name of justice. Sister Helen Prejean though, cautions about the human cost of the death penalty and the innocent victims wrongfully put to death. Sister Helen Prejean joined the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille in 1957, now known as the Congregation of St. Joseph, and received a B.A. … Read More

  • By On March 9, 2020 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, Story in the Public Square Tags , ,

    The Makings of Mass Incarceration in the United States with Elizabeth Hinton

    Air Dates: March 9-15, 2020 While the United States contains less than five percent of the planet’s population, it has nearly one-quarter of the world’s prison population.  Elizabeth Hinton traces the politics and policy decisions since President Lyndon’s Johnson’s War on Poverty that created the nation’s reliance on mass incarceration. Elizabeth Hinton is Professor in the Departments of History and African and African American Studies at Harvard University.  Hinton’s research … Read More

  • By On December 30, 2019 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, Story in the Public Square Tags ,

    Convicted and Condemned with Keesha Middlemass
    Air Dates: December 30, 2019-January 5, 2020 With less than 5 percent of the planet’s population, the United States houses 22 percent of the world’s prisoners. The challenges of navigating that system don’t end when the convicted felon completes his or her sentence.  Keesha Middlemass shines a light on the substantial barriers felons face when they try to reenter society.   Dr. Middlemass is a political science professor at Howard ... Read More
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    By On September 5, 2019 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, Pell Center Tags , , , ,

    Fall 2019 Event Series Announced

    Pell Center has announced its event series for Fall 2019. Tickets to Pell Center events are free and will be available about two weeks prior to the event date. Please RSVP for each event on the Pell Center’s Eventbrite page and call 401-341-2927 or email [email protected] with questions. Scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up for our email list and stay informed about when tickets become available. All … Read More