and mass incarceration

Is mass incarceration a Civil Rights injustice?
Mass incarceration is the greatest civil rights injustice of our time. People behind bars are disproportionately black and Hispanic. The criminal justice system drives and reinforces deep-seated racial inequity. The United States needs fundamental reform to reduce our reliance on incarceration, but it also needs to keep its citizens safe.
What is the difference between mass incarceration and recidivism?
Mass Incarceration —Current American experiment in incarceration, which is defined by comparatively and historically unparalleled rates of imprisonment. 1 Recidivism —“Criminal acts that resulted in rearrest, reconviction or return to prison with or without a new sentence during a three-year period following a prisoner’s release.” 2
Are unreliable convictions causing mass incarceration?
The dramatic increase in the exoneration rate reveals that unreliable convictions have led to more innocent people in United States jails than ever before, increasing the incarcerated population and directly contributing to mass incarceration.
What does “mass incarceration” really mean?
You’ve heard the phrase “mass incarceration.” But what, really, does it mean? Simply put, it is shorthand for the fact that the U.S. incarcerates more people than any nation in the world, including China. And the U.S. is also the leader in the prison population rate.

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