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Hi! My name's Daijah Wilson. I am a Political Science major exploring other majors and minors including Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities! I am super interested in the criminal justice system and its impacts on historically marginalized groups from past to present. I am also interested in law and governmental systems and ways to increase accessibility of those systems for lower-class communities. I also like to read and ride my bike.

Articles of Interest

I am interested in the subject of bail reform because I am on the pre-law track and would like to work on criminal justice reform advocacy. Bail reform is important to me because it is yet another barrier to freedom for those in poverty and many people are unaware of its inequitable impacts. It is easy for those victimized by bail reform to be disregarded by society as criminals, thugs, etc but they are deserving of fair trials, due process, and (to an extent) freedom from bondage.

I would like to contribute to the existing Wikipedia article, “Bail in the United States”. Although it was recently worked on by another student editor, I would like to add more information to the section on criticism because it lacks many notable references. Also, I would like to expand upon the bail reform section to include instances where bail arguably hindered peoples’ lives as they awaited trial and include key actors in the bail reform movement.

I find the topic of book banning and censorship in prisons interesting because it highlights the structural power dynamics of the prison system and its implications on the quality/ethics of their educational programs. Again, because the pupils are not the commonly preferred subjects of attention when it comes to matters of justice, (for being thugs and criminals and whatever else people assume), I would like to shed light on this growing national trend in a different setting that people are unaware it happens in.

I see that the article on Wikipedia, “Book censorship in the United States” lacks notable cases of attempts to censor libraries, schools, prisons, etc. I would propose adding a section describing the various institutions that are threatened by book censorship and focusing on this censorship in prisons, as was proposed by a user in the Talk page.

References

Bail Reform:

1. Calaway, W. R., & Kinsley, J. M. (2017). Rethinking Bail Reform. U. Rich. L. Rev., 52, 795.
2. Goldkamp, J. S. (1985). Danger and detention: A second generation of bail reform. J. Crim. L. & Criminology, 76, 1
3. Jorgensen, I., & Smith, S. S. (2021). The current state of bail reform in the United States: Results of a landscape analysis of bail reforms across all 50 states.
4. Zottola, S. A., Duhart Clarke, S. E., & Desmarais, S. L. (2021). Bail reform in the United States: The what, why, and how of third wave efforts. In Handbook of issues in criminal justice reform in the United States (pp. 143-169). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
5. Mitchell, J. N. (1969). Bail reform and the constitutionality of pretrial detention. Va. L. Rev., 55, 1223
6. Sigler, R. T., & Formby, W. A. (1978). The necessity of bail reform. Criminal Justice Review, 3(1), 1-7.
7. Goldkamp, J. S., & Gottfredson, M. R. (1985). Policy guidelines for bail: An experiment in court reform. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press
8. Koepke, J. L., & Robinson, D. G. (2018). Danger ahead: Risk assessment and the future of bail reform. Wash. L. Rev., 93, 1725.
9. Gorham, M. (2023). The Future of Bail Reform in the United States.
10. Schlesinger, S. R. (1986). Bail reform: Protecting the community and the accused. Harv. JL & Pub. Pol'y, 9, 173.

Book Censorship in Prisons:

1. Holden, M. (2021). From banned books to mail censorship, free speech all but ends at the prison doors. Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice, 42(2), 96-123.
2. ("What Can Be Taught in College in Prison?" by Magic M. Wade, 2018)
3. Alicia Bianco, Prisoners' Fundamental Right to Read: Courts Should Ensure That Rational Basis Is Truly Rational , 21 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 1 (2016).
4. Doyle, B. C. (2013). Incarceration and the "Freedom to Read": how prison libraries function as instruments of state power. Genders, (58). https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A356353844/AONE?u=acd_aone&sid=googleScholar&xid=961cf985
5. Fox, B. M. (1972). The First Amendment Rights of Prisoners. The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, 63(2), 162–184. https://doi.org/10.2307/1142297
6. Swope, E. E. (1940). Censorship in the Prison Library. Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the American Prison Association, 1940, 457-461.
7. Cauley, K. (2020). Banned Books behind Bars: Prototyping a Data Repository to Combat Arbitrary Censorship Practices in U.S. Prisons. Humanities, 9(4), 131. https://doi.org/10.3390/h9040131
8. Se-Hee Kwon, Hye-Young Yoon. (2009) Analysis of the Current Situation and Improvement Method of Correctional Facility Libraries in Korea. Journal of Information Management 40:3, pages 125-150.
9. Garner, J. (Ed.). (2021). Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons: International Perspectives. Emerald Publishing Limited.
10. Vogel, B. (2009). The Prison Library Primer: A Program for the Twenty-First Century. Scarecrow Press