Last year marked 50 years since the onset of mass incarceration. Today, the US prison population remains 500 percent larger than in 1973.
People of color continue to be overrepresented in prison, accounting for seven in 10 incarcerated people.
#mass-incarceration #prison-population #racial-disparities #mandatory-minimum-sentences #drug-offenses
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