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This book tells the story of mass incarceration through the eyes of the writers who lived through it. Long before Michelle Alexander characterized mass incarceration as the new Jim Crow in America, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in jail protesting Jim Crow in America. King did not live long enough to see the dramatic […]
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The United States imprisons a shocking proportion of its population, eclipsing the rates of other countries and historical norms. The past three years have produced some modest improvement, but much of that change was driven by a global pandemic. With jails, police departments and courtrooms returning to “normal,” and a growing perception of rising crime, […]
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Prisoners in 17 states and several Canadian provinces are on strike in protest of prison labor conditions. Their demonstrations are compelling Americans to understand that some everyday foods are produced behind bars, for cents on the hour, in a system many call “modern slavery.” Prisoners in the U.S. harvest and process eggs, orange juice, ground […]
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