Bleacher Report: Maurice Clarett: From Football to Prison to Justice Reform Advocate
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For reasons that range from economic to moral, reforming the United States' criminal justice system and overpopulated prisons and curtailing the prison-industrial complex have in recent years become increasingly bipartisan concerns. In that, it seems fitting an issue capable of bringing even intense ideological foes together would pair Clarett with the person who runs Ohio's prisons. But while their life experiences and perspectives couldn't be more different, their principles on this topic couldn't be more closely aligned.
On Wednesday, Clarett and Gary Mohr, director of the state's Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, will headline a "Smart Justice" panel discussion in Columbus on justice reform initiatives in the Buckeye State. The event, organized by the U.S. Justice Action Network, is being billed as a chance to "move the ball forward on 'smart on crime' policy." The pairing is the result of mutual respect between the former inmate and a man once charged with overseeing prison sentences.