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Keri Blakinger

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Keri Blakinger is a prison reform activist and felon living in upstate New York. She is a staff writer at The Ithaca Times and has her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Business Insider, and Alternet.

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5/10/16

I didn’t fully appreciate my right to vote until I had it taken away

Quartz •

PublishedMay 10, 2016

3/9/16

Keeping rehabilitated inmates behind bars makes a mockery of America’s so-called justice system

Quartz •

PublishedMarch 9, 2016

12/26/15

The best way to truly help drug addicts is to help them use drugs safely

Quartz •

PublishedDecember 26, 2015

11/23/15

For millions of Americans, getting a job depends on one little box

Quartz •

PublishedNovember 23, 2015

2/26/15

Solitary confinement is state-sanctioned torture, and it’s putting everyone at risk

Quartz •

PublishedFebruary 26, 2015

Keri Blakinger's posts

I didn’t fully appreciate my right to vote until I had it taken away

Keeping rehabilitated inmates behind bars makes a mockery of America’s so-called justice system

The best way to truly help drug addicts is to help them use drugs safely

For millions of Americans, getting a job depends on one little box

Solitary confinement is state-sanctioned torture, and it’s putting everyone at risk