A history of the rise of mass incarceration in America that shows how it was built on a foundation of racist thinking and bad political incentives. The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world-about 1 in 100 adults, or m…
"The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world--about 1 in 100 adults, or more than 2 million people--while national spending on prisons has catapulted 400 percent. Given the vast racial disparities in incarceration, the …
"The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world--about 1 in 100 adults, or more than 2 million people--while national spending on prisons has catapulted 400 percent. Given the vast racial disparities in incarceration, the …