A new op-ed from the The New York Times calls for an end to 40 - TopicsExpress



          

A new op-ed from the The New York Times calls for an end to 40 years of unnecessary, unjust, discriminatory incarceration. The stakes couldnt be higher: Since race and poverty overlap so significantly, the weight of our criminal justice experiment continues to fall overwhelmingly on communities of color, and particularly on young black men...more than half of state prisoners are serving time for nonviolent crimes, and one of every nine, or about 159,000 people, are serving life sentences — nearly a third of them without the possibility of parole. Private prisons are one of the greatest barriers to enacting much-needed prison reform. Help strengthen the movement today: EndPrivatePrisons.org
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 20:40:11 +0000

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