My experience and research has led me to the regrettable conclusion that our system of mass incarceration functions more like a caste system than a system of crime prevention or control.
タグ: control, research, experience, me

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I no longer believe that we can 'fix' the police, as though the police are anything other than a mirror reflecting back to us the true nature of our democracy.
タグ: believe, democracy, mirror, nature
All the old forms of discrimination, the forms of discrimination we supposedly left behind, are now perfectly legal once you've been labeled a felon.
タグ: behind, discrimination, legal, you
After years as a civil rights lawyer, I rarely find myself speechless.
タグ: find, rights, lawyer, myself
Discrimination in virtually every aspect of political, economic, and social life is now perfectly legal if you've been labeled a felon.
タグ: political, legal, you, life
In this country, we force millions of people - who are largely black and brown - into a permanent second-class status simply because they once committed a crime.
タグ: crime, country, black, people
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