The system of mass incarceration depends almost entirely on the cooperation of those it seeks to control. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In this era of mass incarceration, the police shouldn't be trusted any more than any other witness, perhaps less so. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The majority of people who are in prison are there because society has failed them.” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
While mass incarceration is a national crisis, it was built locally. — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
We can’t talk about mass incarceration at this point without talking about women. — dream hampton Copy Share Image
Mass incarceration will have to be dismantled the same way it was constructed: piecemeal, incrementally and, above all, locally. — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
The success of the few does not excuse the caste-like system that exists for many. In fact, black exceptionalism - the high-profile,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The U.S. generally wants to solve problems with coercion. That's kind of the default way the American state wants to try to… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
We have a mass incarceration among minorities that is disproportionate to our population. It's a travesty what's going on with our mass… — John Layfield Copy Share Image
Various "wars on drugs" throughout history have killed millions, enslaved millions more, destroyed families, are usually just thin pretenses for mass incarceration,… — Kool A.D Copy Share Image
The day-to-day discomforts of prison life, combined with the big-picture realities of mass incarceration, do not add up to a party. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
Now that private prison companies have found that they can make a killing on mass incarceration, these private prison companies are now… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Prison presented a solution: jobs for whites, and warehousing for blacks. Mass incarceration “widened the income gap between white and black Americans,” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The war on drugs has been the engine of mass incarceration. Drug convictions alone constituted about two-thirds of the increase in the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Despite claims that these radical policy changes were driven by fiscal conservatism...the reality is that government was not reducing the amount of… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“If you're an amateur, professional, or aspiring journalist in any city in the U.S., a good story for you would be to… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“in part to the Mothers’example, I ended up speaking frequently and forcefully throughout the campaign about gun violence, racial justice, police reform,… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
I think the biggest problem in our country is mass incarceration and the prison-industrial complex. From the Rockefeller drug laws to stand… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“the Kochs presented themselves as champions of criminal justice reform, but while they were active in ALEC, it was instrumental in pushing… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Middle-class white children, children of privilege, are afforded the opportunity to make a lot of mistakes and still go on to college,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The concept and terminology of "mugging" as opposed to, say, "robbery" was created as part of the panic, even though there was… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“The notion that racial caste systems are necessarily predicated on a desire to harm other racial groups, and that racial hostility is… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“It is not possible to write a relatively short book that explores all aspects of the phenomenon of mass incarceration and its… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Even beyond private prison companies, a whole range of prison profiteers must be reckoned with if mass incarceration is to be undone,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“If the movement that emerges to challenge mass incarceration fails to confront squarely the critical role of race in the basic structure… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I think this mythology - that we're all beyond race, of course our police officers aren't racist, of course our politicians don't… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Walter made me understand why we have to reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat people better if they… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“This book argues that mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow and that all those who care about social justice should… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The language of caste may well seem foreign or unfamiliar to some. Public discussions about racial caste in America are relatively rare.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: Each of us is more than the worst thing… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The notion that a vast gulf exists between "criminals" and those of us who have never served time in prison is a… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The impact of the new caste system is most tragically felt among the young. In Chicago (as in other cities across the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The racial dimension of mass incarceration is its most striking feature. No other country in the world imprisons so many of its… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“In a nation still stuck in an old Jim Crow mind-set - which equates racism with white bigotry and views racial diversity… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Mass incarceration is a massive system of racial and social control. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The greatest myth about mass incarceration is that it has been driven by crime and crime rates. It's just not true. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
