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In the struggle to end mass incarceration, one must understand how the criminalization of violence is largely a modern creation.
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In the struggle to end mass incarceration, one must understand how the criminalization of violence is largely a modern creation.
During the Trump administration, lawyers at DOJ said thousands of people who were sent home from prison during the pandemic need to be sent back when the COVID emergency ends.…
Reckoning with the lives of all the men I sent to prison is a necessary, though not sufficient, step to reckon with the untold harm of mass incarceration.
Quickly, legally, and unilaterally, the Biden administration could easily free tens of thousands trapped in ICE detention. Whether it wants to is another story.
In its first six months, the Biden Administration has delivered major criminal justice disappointments. The problem: DOJ is calling the shots.