The twentieth century's pretensions to humanity end in mass incarceration and solitary confinement, where men are kept alive for years and subjected to procedural niceties while the state waits for the morning when it can paralyze and poison them.
President Obama's choice to head the civil rights division of the department of justice has been described as a "trailblazer" who has been at the forefront of the movement to end mass incarceration in the US, and has had almost unparalleled success in working across the aisle despite the partisan gridlock in Washington.
Chelsea Clinton said Senator Bernie Sanders' proposal to end mass incarceration in the US is "worrying" and insinuated that her mother's rival does not understand what is "possible" to achieve in Government.
It is time that Republican and Democratic elected leaders simply follow their own newly updated playbook by acting boldly to fix our broken criminal justice system and end mass incarceration in America.
"If we're ever going to end mass incarceration in the United States, then we need to end cash bail".
The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions, the Center for Community Change, the My Brother's Keeper Alliance, and the Vera Institute of Justice recently held an event called "Unlocking Communities: Ending Mass Incarceration in America" featuring in-depth conversation on the mass incarceration crisis (watch our YouTube playlist of the videos from this event).
Much of the advocacy around freeing Meadows is rooted in efforts to end mass incarceration, especially of young black people, and in efforts to provide justice for victims of domestic abuse.
Much of the advocacy around freeing Meadows is rooted in efforts to end mass incarceration, especially of young black people, and in efforts to provide justice for victims of domestic abuse.
2012 .Inequality and Punishment: the End of Mass Incarceration?" in Living in a High Inequality Regime, edited by David Grusky and Alair MacLean.
Historically, Mississippi had one of the highest statewide rates of lynching in the United States, according to extensive research by the Equal Justice Initiative, which works to end mass incarceration and racial injustice in the country.
