I'm a doctoral candidate in African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley currently writing a book-length manuscript entitled The Color of Corporate Corrections: Global Capital, Black Diaspora, and the Rise of the Private Prison State. I'm also co-directing a national campaign aimed at bringing transparency and accountability to the for-profit, private corrections industry. Learn more here.
From legislative testimony to community advocacy, I've collaborated with organizations including the ACLU's National Prison Project, Harvard Law School's Institute for Race & Justice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Prison Legal News, Justice Policy Institute, Prison Policy Initiative, and the National Prison Divestment Campaign.
My work has appeared in/on Forbes, NBC, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Truthout, Colorlines, Business Insider, Monthly Review, Counterpunch, Racialicious, and a variety of other publications.
--PRISON PRIVATIZATION--
"Private Prisons Are Exempted From Federal Disclosure Laws" (Forbes)
"Profiting Off Prisoners" (Andrew Sullivan @ The Daily Beast)
Majority Report Interview with Christopher Petrella on the Private Prison Industry (The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder)
"The Color of Corporate Corrections: Overrepresentation of People of Color in the Private Prison Industry" (Prison Legal News)
"Private Prison Lobby Pushes for Tougher Immigration Enforcement to Increase Profits" (NBC)
"Sponsoring a Florida College Football Team Can't Whitewash a Private Prison Company's Atrocious Record" (ACLU)
Break Thru Radio Interview with Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann on Private Prison Information Act (Break Thru Radio)
"Football Stadium Named After Private Prison Company Blurs Line Between Retribution and Recreation" (Truthout)
"HIV-Positive Inmates Too Expensive for Private Prison Operators?" (Counterpunch)
Truthout TV Interview with Christopher Petrella (Truthout TV)
"Largest Private Prison Group in U.S. Wishes You a Happy Black History Month" (Colorlines)
"The Number of People in Private Prisons has Grown by 1,664% in last 19 Years" (PolicyMic)
"How Speculating on Prisons Leads to Mass Incarceration" (Truthout)
"How Speculating on Prisons Leads to Mass Incarceration" (Truthout)
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--POLITICAL ECONOMY--
"What Running the Government like a Business Would Mean for Republicans" (Truthout)
"Father and Son Tackle Social Security Reform Together" (Nation of Change)
"What Running the Government like a Business Would Mean for Republicans" (Truthout)
"Father and Son Tackle Social Security Reform Together" (Nation of Change)
