{"id":3868,"date":"2015-07-13T20:53:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T00:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/crime-and-punishment-thinking-outside-the-cell\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:53:47","slug":"crime-and-punishment-thinking-outside-the-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/crime-and-punishment-thinking-outside-the-cell\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCrime and Punishment: Thinking Outside the Cell\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"prison-cell-small\"<\/a>The massive growth in American prisons over the last four decades has burdened taxpayers, overcrowded prisons and devastated vulnerable communities. Is the criminal justice system due for an overhaul?<\/p>\n

The Riley Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman will address that issue this summer during a four-part series, \u201cCrime and Punishment: Thinking Outside the Cell.\u201d<\/p>\n

The annual series, now in its fifth year, begins Tuesday, July 21 with a program titled \u201cDoes the Punishment Fit the Crime?\u201d and runs on consecutive Tuesdays through Aug. 11. All sessions will be moderated by Mark Quinn., former host of SCETV\u2019s \u201cBig Picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sessions take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Shaw Hall of Younts Conference Center. Cost is $45 for the entire series and $15 for single events.\u00a0 Cost for OLLI members is $35. To register and pay online, click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The series, which focuses on the South Carolina criminal justice system, will examine the data around crime, incarceration and the impact of the existing system of justice on communities, discuss the state\u2019s law enforcement and prison system practices in light of historical and contemporary contexts, and highlight innovative programs that are being implemented in the state.<\/p>\n

Speakers for the series include the Honorable Bruce Howe Hendricks, U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina; Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen; S.C. Representative Tommy Pope; S.C. Senator Gerald Malloy; U.S. District Attorney Bill Nettles; and Heather Thompson, Ph.D., a noted University of Michigan historian who has spoken and written extensively about mass incarceration.<\/p>\n

Thompson will open the series on Tuesday, July 21 with a talk about \u201cWhy the Broken System Matters,\u201d where she will provide historical context and data on the trends in\u00a0incarceration, describe who is in jail and why, and talk about what is wrong with America\u2019s current system of incarceration.\u00a0 Thompson has written for The New York Times<\/em> and The Atlantic<\/em> magazine, and is the author of the forthcoming Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Rebellion of 1971 and its Legacy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Session Two of the July 21 program will be \u201cA View From the Statehouse: It\u2019s Time for Bipartisan Reform,\u201d where Mark Quinn will host a conversation with South Carolina legislators Sen. Gerald Malloy and Rep. Tommy Pope about what they are doing to improve justice in the state.<\/p>\n

Here are the other sessions that will take place in the series:<\/p>\n

July 28: \u201cPolice, Prisons, and Public Safety\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session One: Law Enforcement: Protecting and Serving in Challenging Times<\/p>\n

Session Two: Doing Time in South Carolina: A Look Inside and Beyond the Prison Cell<\/p>\n

August 4: \u201cCreative Justice in the Courts\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session One: Rehabilitative Justice and the New War on Drugs<\/p>\n

Session Two: Roundtable Discussion on Problem Solving Courts in South Carolina<\/p>\n

August 11: \u201cBuilding Communities of Justice\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session One: Changing Lives Through Intervention<\/p>\n

Session Two: Second Chances: Breaking Down Barriers to Reentry<\/p>\n

A detailed schedule of events with speaker bios is available at the Riley Institute website<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 For more information about the series, contact OLLI at 864-294-2998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is the criminal justice system in America due for an overhaul?\u00a0The Riley Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman will address that issue this summer during a four-part series, \u201cCrime and Punishment: Thinking Outside the Cell.\u201d\u00a0The annual series, now in its fifth year, begins Tuesday, July 21 with a program titled \u201cDoes the Punishment Fit the Crime?\u201d and runs on consecutive Tuesdays through Aug. 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":15045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-continuing-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}