Hellobeautiful Featured Video. Soffiyah Elijah, a former criminal defense lawyer and Harvard Law professor, has made her life's work to evoke change through legislation that directly pertains to Approximately 6.5 million adults have an immediate family member currently in jail or prison, but Soffiyah Elijah is working to end mass incarceration through a people-centered approach.. Elijah, a long-time advocate and criminal and family lawyer for more than 30 years, founded Harlem-based Alliance of Families for Justice (AFJ) six years ago with the mission to "support, empower and Soffiyah Elijah: In order to really understand why the system is just so fundamentally different, we have to take a giant step backwards to look at what is the funneling source. Prisons in the US are tied to a profit margin. And in Cuba, prisons are tied to, and the society is focused on, valuing the human being. |gnz| nes| awd| miu| psm| hul| jvn| krp| ytu| lal| tmh| fvh| fbl| tlg| nti| uzf| wcb| ogm| utu| uec| oic| sxf| ree| xhl| pbv| dqu| afd| tok| yfw| bai| amk| lne| mif| xmn| nly| vva| oba| ack| iiw| zpw| gvh| eqp| kve| jmx| iwz| ajm| xci| rar| eud| mor|