Crime and punishment: Ashley Nellis and Sabrina C. Pearce on data trends in the US incarceration system

Over 15 years ago, legal scholar Michelle Alexander published the award-winning book, The New Jim Crow. (Excerpts from this book are included in They Say / I Say.) Alexander explains the rapid rise in incarceration in the United States and argues how the systemic racial prejudices in the US criminal justice system affect Black Americans, …

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