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A San Quentin inmate with a swastika tattooed on his hand greeted our class as we stepped off the bus outside the prison. It was 1975, and we were 30 counselors-in-training from Camp Swig in Saratoga out on a journey. (Camp Swig is now URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa.) As you can imagine, this was no ordinary field trip.
Our visit to the notorious maximum-security prison was organized by human rights advocates at camp who wanted to provide a memorable experience for our class of rising high school seniors.
In a step well beyond the usual camp simulation program, this very real “hands-on” experience was intended to open our hearts and minds to the issues of criminal-justice reform and the death penalty. This intention was very much in keeping with the social action themes that dominated camp programming in the 1960s and ’70s.
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Milwaukee Expungement and Pardon Legal Advice Clinic Helps Hundreds
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Itâs normal to not recognize your past self after years of growth. Itâs also common to feel stuck in your situation. This is what many people with criminal backgrounds endureâa yearning to move forward beyond their past while it continues to stick with them.Â
âItâs that stuck feeling that I think is something that, systematically, is curative,â says Megan Morrisey, the clinical coordinator of the Milwaukee Justice Centerâs Mobile Legal Clinic and an adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School. âWe can lift those labeling burdens off of people so that they re free to achieve.âÂ