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America's mass-incarceration problem is a huge cost suck for the entire economy — but it's especially devastating for minority communities
One study estimates the cost of incarceration in the US is $180 billion a year. "Throwing more poli…
Paul Constant
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Sen. Tom Cotton said the US, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world, has an 'under incarceration problem'
Cotton was talking about the crime spike occurring in some cities in the US, where more people are …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Companies still aren't hiring Black men, despite 10.6 million open jobs in the US. It's costing the economy $50 billion.
If the nearly 700,000 Black men looking for jobs got a paycheck, billions more dollars would be in …
Jason Lalljee
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A basic-income pilot in Florida will give formerly incarcerated people $600 per month for a year, no strings attached
Formerly incarcerated people in Florida will receive $1,000 in January 2022, then $600 per month as…
Aria Bendix
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Thousands of people who were released from prison due to the pandemic are now thriving with their families. But if Biden doesn't act now, they will be cruelly sent back.
4,000 people who have been under home confinement could go back to prison if Biden doesn't commute …
Michael E. Novogratz
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I'm a formerly incarcerated person who luckily found success. It's time to expunge the records of former prisoners and end their perpetual punishment.
The financial toll of a conviction is incredibly limiting for minorities, who represent 80% of thos…
Ashish Prashar
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More than 200 incarcerated people and staff at Texas prisons and jails have died from coronavirus, report shows
11 of the 14 incarcerated individuals in jails who died from coronavirus were not convicted of a cr…
Inyoung Choi
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Stacey Abrams called Georgia 'the worst state.' The state has the highest rate of maternal mortality, and the lowest rate of mental health services.
In a campaign speech, Stacey Abrams called Georgia "the worst state in the country to live." The st…
DeArbea Walker
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Tarra Simmons, the first felon elected to Washington state's legislature, wants to give formerly incarcerated people a second chance
In 2017, Washington State didn't allow Tarra Simmons to sit for the bar. She fought back, becoming …
Azmi Haroun
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Hawkish tech critics have labeled San Francisco 'lawless' following the stabbing death of Cash App creator Bob Lee. The city's crime rate tells a different tale.
With a population of fewer than 1 million people, the California city has roughly a quarter of the …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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As many as 100,000 incarcerated people in our jails and prisons will die from the coronavirus, unless the US acts now
So far, however, the vast majority of people who've gotten out are the ones who many would agree sh…
David Mills and Emily Galvin-…
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I'm incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn't think things could get worse until COVID-19.
San Quentin State Prison in California has one of the biggest clusters of coronavirus cases in the …
Rahsaan Thomas
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This is what it will take to end mass incarceration
There is reason to be cautiously optimistic: Thanks in part to the Black Lives Matter movement, pro…
Leon Neyfakh
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This call center company relies on a workforce of incarcerated women to help companies like Microsoft, SAP, and Dell power their customer support
While it's good that Televerde and companies like it provide jobs to current and former prisoners, …
Rosalie Chan
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People are more likely to live to 100 if they live in 'walkable' neighborhoods where they don't need a car or public transport to get groceries or visit friends
Reaching centenarian status is easier when you live in a neighborhood with high walkability, accord…
Shira Feder
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Attorney general nominee William Barr helped write the handbook on mass incarceration in the 1990s - but he says he realizes times have changed
"Barr was an ardent champion of policies that have transformed America into the world's leading inc…
Michelle Mark
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An inside look at the most progressive candidate in a generation, who's poised to take on the most incarcerated major city in the US
"I remember all that and, even more importantly, I remember [Martin Luther] King. … It was a very v…
Harrison Jacobs
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Judge identifies the simplest explanation for why America leads the world in mass incarceration
In his Harvard speech, Rakoff said we can't know for sure whether falling crime rates were a direct…
Erin Fuchs
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President Trump's niece Mary Trump taunted her uncle on Twitter by boasting about higher TV ratings
"5.23 million v. 5.11 million," Trump's niece tweeted on Friday evening, alongside a thoughtful emo…
Sophia Ankel
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2 advocates for prison reform have a controversial proposal to end mass incarceration
In an op-ed for The New York Times, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and D…