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Sam Howe '23

Sam Howe '23

3 posts published

incarceration

We Need to Help Hampden County Inmates

Content Warning: Violence, Racial Violence Right now, the people held at the Hampden County Jail (HCJ), a correctional center located 16 miles from campus, are facing constant abuse. In letters to a local abolitionist group named Decarcerate Western Mass, incarcerated people have detailed the regular violations and threats they face

Sam Howe '23 Apr 7, 2021 • 3 min read
ACPD Reduces Reliance on Armed Officers, but Refuses Demands to Disarm
ACPD

ACPD Reduces Reliance on Armed Officers, but Refuses Demands to Disarm

As part of its commitment to the Reclaim Amherst Campaign, the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) held a town hall with Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety John Carter regarding the state of the Amherst College Police Department (ACPD) and campus operations. During the virtual meeting on March

Zach Jonas, Sam Howe '23 Apr 7, 2021 • 7 min read
Opinion

What Should We Get Out of Education?

We live in a stratified and unjust world. Laborers in nearly every global industry face horrible conditions and receive wages that can not be justified by any humane reasoning. Marginalized people face brutalization at the hands of the state and systemic obstacles to opportunity. As the nation turns to interrogate

Sam Howe '23 Oct 6, 2020 • 4 min read
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