We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it — 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
The system of mass incarceration depends almost entirely on the cooperation of those it seeks to control. — 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
I believe it is possible to bring an end to mass incarceration and birth a new moral consensus about how we ought… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Today mass incarceration defines the meaning of blackness in America: Black people, especially black men, are criminals. That is what it means… — Michelle Alexander 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
My goal is to end mass incarceration and change the laws to stop locking up low-level, nonviolent drug charges. Stop charging drug… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I know she [Hillary Clinton] comes out of a legacy with her husband in which the Democratic Party did more, it seems… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
No one should ever be locked away simply because they share the same race, ethnicity, or religion as a spy or terrorist.… — Fred Korematsu Copy Share Image
Think of the question of mass incarceration. Think of the coding that the Republican Party has used for years, whether they're talking… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
For those interested in learning more about corporations and private individuals profiting from the caging of human beings, I highly recommend the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“One in three young African American men is currently under the control of the criminal justice system—in prison, in jail, on probation,… — michelle alexander Copy Share Image
“I believe that there are four institutions in American history that have shaped our approach to race and justice but remain poorly… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
If we want to do more than just end mass incarceration—if we want to put an end to the history of racial… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There is a tremendous amount of confusion and denial that exists about mass incarceration today, and that is the biggest barrier to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“We should ask ourselves whether efforts to achieve "cosmetic" racial diversity- that is, reform efforts that make institutions look good on the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
“The entire genre of police procedurals mythologizes punishment bureaucrats and the allegedly sophisticated technologies they wield. And it's not just Hollywood--fictional copaganda… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“Having described the unprecedented scale of imprisonment in America, we may still ask: is America’s use of imprisonment really a justifiable (and… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“Between 1990 and 2005, a new prison opened in the United States every ten days. Prison growth and the resulting “prison-industrial complex”—the… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“It is fair to say that we have witnessed an evolution in the United States from a racial caste system based entirely… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“Cultural copaganda is all around us--from the CIA , starting in the 1950s funding projects like the Iowa Writers' Workshop or fronting… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“Mass incarceration—not attacks on affirmative action or lax civil rights enforcement—is the most damaging manifestation of the backlash against the Civil Rights… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“A key to understanding why Lockdown America rises today is to consider our present system of punishment, particularly U.S. mass incarceration and… — Mark Lewis Taylor Copy Share Image
Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love. I am proud to join the ACLU in the fight… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
“Mass incarceration is the result of small, distinct steps, each of whose significance becomes more apparent over time, and only when considered… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
All of this in [Donald] Trump now has become so overt that it's difficult when we talk about repression not to talk… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Our system of mass incarceration is better understood as a system of racial and social control than a system of crime prevention… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Exacerbating the problem of mass incarceration is that, even after someone is released from prison, the stigma of a misdemeanor or felony… — Stan Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I am still committed to building a movement to end mass incarceration, but I will not do it with blinders on. If… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Like Jim Crow (and slavery), mass incarceration operates as a tightly networked system of laws, policies, customs, and institutions that operate collectively… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in… — Hakeem Jeffries Copy Share Image
Mass incarceration and its never-ending human toll will be with us until we come to see that no crime justifies permanent civic… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
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