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Misguided Justice: a workshop on the drug wars & the incarceration of black women

Stephanie Bush-Baskette, Esq., PhD, will conduct
a free workshop based on her book Misguided
Justice
about the war on drugs and the incarceration of black women on
April 26, 10 a.m. to
2:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Center at 75 S. Pomona Road. Donations
will be accepted for the provided lunch.



Bush-Baskette, a former NJ legislator, attorney, and
gubernatorial cabinet member, was astonished when she read that between 1986
and 1991, black women experienced the greatest percentage increase of any
group, including black males, in imprisonment for drug offenses. In Misguided Justice, Bush-Baskette uses
her expertise in the law, criminal
justice research, and the legislature to investigate
and then discuss the effect of the war on drugs on the incarceration of black
women in the federal system. She provides background and context regarding
how the laws were implemented and how they have affected the likelihood and
length of incarceration of thousands of black women for more than two decades.



Questions or to
RSVP e-mail: adultre.uucsjs@gmail.com. For more information,
visit www.misguidedjustice.com
or www.uucsjs.org.

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