Today begins a nationwide prison strike demanding humane conditions & end to prison slavery.
The US incarcerates more than any other nation in the world.
To change, we must acknowledge the direct lineage that mass incarceration has to slavery & Jim Crow.
newsweek.com/us-inmates-lau…
The US incarcerates more than any other nation in the world.
To change, we must acknowledge the direct lineage that mass incarceration has to slavery & Jim Crow.
newsweek.com/us-inmates-lau…
The US criminal justice system is fraught with the unhealed wounds of American slavery, Jim Crow, classism, and systemic racial injustice.
It is painful to realize that history and present reality.
But it is necessary to acknowledge our past so we can create a better future.
It is painful to realize that history and present reality.
But it is necessary to acknowledge our past so we can create a better future.
