Through an anecdotal lens of personal experience, Divine Lipscomb discusses the importance of ascertaining the context of crime in order to determine consequence and restoration practices.
Councilman Divine Lipscomb is the First African American Council Member in the State College Borough. Divine is a formerly incarcerated scholar at Penn State in the Counseling Education Department with an emphasis in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental health counseling. As a graduate assistant for the Restorative Justice Initiative, Penn State’s Prison Education Program, Divine works at the intersections of access to higher education and effective reentry practices for individuals impacted by the within the carceral system. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Because gangster rap is popular
Prison is a business
But why some people from poor neighborhoods become criminals and some don’t? So there is a way to realize you have other ways in life, isn’t there? It’s just some people decide not to seek for them and choose the easy one. Do not tell me they don’t have a choice or do not understand they are doing something wrong. Everyone knows to steal is wrong, to rob people is wrong, to kill is wrong. Yes, society can do more, but it’s always your own choice to do or not to do those wrong things.
You can be locked away for 90 days fines and everything for misdemeanor in this country. Change that first.