An Interview with Eddie Ellis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11231019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Don Goodman (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, corresponding author), Maggie Smith (0000-0003-4217-049X, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 98-111 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanity & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-5976 • E-ISSN: 2372-9708 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/016059769802200107 |
| OpenAlex | W2554194608 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Edwin (Eddie) Ellis is President of the Community Justice Center, Inc., an anti-crime research, education, and advocacy organization located on 125 th Street in Harlem, New York. A target of the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) for his Black Panther Party activities, Ellis served 25 years in various New York State prisons. While he was in prison, he earned a Masters degree from New York Theological Seminary, a Bachelor's from Marist College and a paralegal degree from Sullivan County Community College. Widely recognized as a writer, lecturer, and community activist, Ellis is credited with the successful public dissemination of the research findings of the Think Tank, a group of prisoners from Greenhaven Correction Facility which established that 75% of the prisoners in New York State come from seven neighborhoods in New York City. Eddie Ellis is a fellow of the Bunche Dubois Institute for Public Policy at Medgar Evers College/CUNY, serves on the Board of Directors of Center for Law and Justice in Albany, NY, is a member of the Drug Policy Task Force, The Vera Institute IRB, and the National Criminal Justice Commission. This interview took place in the offices of the Community Justice Center on August 6, 1997
Bachelor · Commission · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Library science · Management · Political science · Prison · Sociology · State (computer science · American Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |