Anti mass incarceration and some more general anti white supremacy resources for uuplan 05292018 4 h. The new jim crow was initially published with a modest first printing and reasonable expectations for a hardhitting book on a tough topic. Mass incarceration new jim crow, class war, or both. With an incarceration rate exceeding 700 people for every 100,000, americans have built a monstrosity that has few parallels in history destroying untold millions of lives and families in just a few decades.
We work to end mass incarceration, especially of people of color, due to unjust drug laws. Nov 27, 2015 he is also the codirector of firstfollowers reentry program and the author of five books, including understanding mass incarceration. The worrying state of the antiprison movement social. As paula wolff, a senior executive at chicago metropolis 2020 observes, in these ghetto neighborhoods, it is hard for a parolee to walk to the corner store to get a carton of milk without being subject to a parole violation. The true causes of mass incarcerationand how to achieve real.
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Ultimately mass incarceration is a systemic problem. The widely declared victory over mass incarceration was premature at best. Ten organizations that are fighting mass incarceration and. Visit their anti mass incarceration justice team page for for information about their work. A better approach to violent crime if were going to end mass incarceration in the u. They should be able to provide access directly or by interlibrary loan. Most disturbingly, the system profoundly discriminates against people of color at. Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness new press, 2010. Antimass incarceration and some more general antiwhite. They pool their money together to cover the cost of mailings and to raise funds for legislative action. Criminal justice reform formerly antimass incarceration.
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