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/ Philly’s Gun Violence Solutions Are Locked Up in Prison With the Souls Who Researched and Created Them
Philly’s Gun Violence Solutions Are Locked Up in Prison With the Souls Who Researched and Created Them
Solutions for the causative factors of gun violence are in prison.
As of this writing, 129 homicides by gun and approximately 418 nonfatal shootings have occurred in the City of Philadelphia, the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States. The City’s police force is pulled helter skelter from one end of the city to the other end responding to homicides by gun and nonfatal shootings that occur daily. Resources are being stretched dangerously thin. Cacophonous cries for an end to gun violence reverberates through traumatized neighborhoods.. Where are the solutions? Solutions for the causative factors of gun violence are In prison. Locked up with the souls who designed them. One such soul is a model prisoner and inside-out Reentry, Criminal Justice Reform, and Social Justice Thought Leader James Muhammed Taylor (www.jamesmuhammedtaylor.com) at SCI Phoenix in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. To souls on the “inside”, he is a Mentor, Teacher, and Father Figure. For souls on the “outside”, Mr. Taylor is someone whom community stakeholders look to for solutions-based strategies to address the myriad of challenges that marginalize their communities. Challenges like gun violence, the “school-to-prison” pipeline, recidivism, street crime, and lack of access to positive male role models and legitimate real-life employment and career options for at-risk youths and young adults.