How to roll back mass incarceration in America
“America’s prison system is a horrifying, gulag-esque state of affairs. The fraction of the American population that is incarcerated is seven times that of Italy, and 15 times that of Japan. The nation has only just started to grasp this reality, thanks in many ways to the efforts of activist groups and movements like Black Lives Matter. And leading Democrats have expressed at least rhetorical commitment to rolling back mass incarceration.”