Prison Reform and The Prison Industrial Complex 06-11-24

I cover some statistics in the prison system, why we have had mass incarceration in the last 50 years, and what reforms need to occur.

References
https://psmag.com/social-justice/thousands-of-privately-owned-companies-are-profiting-from-the-us-prison-system

https://worthrises.org/

https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/one-in-five-racial-disparity-in-imprisonment-causes-and-remedies/

https://www.sentencingproject.org/policy-brief/ending-50-years-of-mass-incarceration-urgent-reform-needed-to-protect-future generations/
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/new-data-after-almost-ten-years-of-decline-u-s-prison-population-grew-in-2022/