by Kallie Barrie, LSPC Summer Legal Intern, UC Law SF The Federal Bureau of Prisons and departments of corrections in all 50 states and the District of Columbia censor publications for sexual or explicit content as well as content on race and civil rights.1 According to a 2026 PEN America report, any content that may threaten the security of the institution is legally … [Read more...] about Legal Corner: Censorship Through Publication
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Legal Corner: Barriers to Occupational Licensing
by Leilani Ames, LSPC Summer Law Clerk, USF School of Law Every August, people behind bars nationwide join in solidarity to “honor the lives of our fallen soldiers, practice self-care, and promote community and economic building”, citing a 2017 article published by The Medium.1 Black August serves as a month of remembrance and resistance, first celebrated in San Quentin in … [Read more...] about Legal Corner: Barriers to Occupational Licensing
Popular Sovereignty and Colonialism (Jurisprudence for Jailhouse Lawyers, Part VIII)
by Eric C. Sapp, LSPC Senior Staff Attorney A quarter of a millennium after declaring independence, the U.S.A. remains a complex of opposites. A relatively strong democratic culture is combined with a political economy of plutocracy, the rule of wealth. Its legal order of formal equality is joined to material inequalities. The constitutional republic has grown into an empire … [Read more...] about Popular Sovereignty and Colonialism (Jurisprudence for Jailhouse Lawyers, Part VIII)
Legal Corner: Employment After Incarceration
by Sandra Johnson, Senior Racial Economic Justice Workers’ Advocate, Legal Aid at Work Hi, my name is Sandra Johnson. I write to you not only as a Worker’s Advocate with Legal Aid at Work, but also as a Black woman who spent many years incarcerated and who has been in recovery for a little more than 15 years. Trying to reenter society after prison can be challenging for … [Read more...] about Legal Corner: Employment After Incarceration
Legal Corner: Celebrate Second Chance Month by Giving a First Opportunity
by Samuel Fishman, LSPC Staff Attorney Every April, advocates across the state and nation celebrate Second Chance Month. But it's not just advocates ringing in the annual celebration. In recent years, corrections and law enforcement departments nationwide have also acknowledged Second Chance Month. Not to miss out on the fun, last year, the California Department of … [Read more...] about Legal Corner: Celebrate Second Chance Month by Giving a First Opportunity
