Miscellaneous draft work
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Hey:
Here's the list of questions we drew up and our first assignments for ourselves: As it stands now, here's our division of responsibilities:
Neel: write "What is the Prison Industrial Complex?" and give some philisophical/ideological context to the project. Begin links page.
Luisa & Neel: Interview Project staff (next wednesday, April 6, 5pm, at their site in brooklyn)
Luisa: take pictures/find images for website. write up the interview.
Ruthzee: Attend a workshop and interview attendees. Write a piece about the workshop. Find music for website.
Questions:
-what is the grassroots history of the project?
-what is the gender make-up of the organization and how does it address gender issues?
-What is the organization's alternative vision for a society without prisons and how can we get there?
-What do you propose to do with people who commit crimes? (More rehab?)
-Are there differences between a utopian vision of a world without prisons and the goals you are working toward? In other words, do you have different pragmatic goals versus ideal outcomes?
-Why focus on education (rather than direct action or lobbying)? What are the goals of your educational workshops?
-What is the project's take on federal sentencing guidelines,punishment, white collar crime, inmates with mental health issues, illigal immigrants, etc?
-Are there any prison systems that the project would support? Or examples of rehabilitation programs that it would support?
-Where does the project fit in ideologically and philosophically with other social movements?
-Materially, were does the project get its support (funding) and people (how does it recruit activists, especially formerly incarcerated people?)
-How involved is the project in prisoner re-entry?
-Who are the audiences of the workshops and what do you hope to do for those audiences?