Black Quote by J. B. Pritzker

Black and brown people in communities like mine, when arrested are more likely to be convicted and receive harsher sentences than our white counterparts.…

— Cori Bush

We have to deal with the way that race influences our criminal justice system.

— Yance Ford

Race determines everything in the criminal justice system

— Mark Geragos

The fact that more than half of the young black men in any large American city are currently under the control of the criminal…

— Michelle Alexander

The fate of millions of people—indeed the future of the black community itself—may depend on the willingness of those who care about racial justice…

— Michelle Alexander

“Understanding African American attitudes and actions on matters of crime and punishment requires that we pay careful attention to another topic that is often…

— James Forman Jr

Mass incarceration is a policy that's kind of built up over the last four decades and it's destroyed families and communities, and something we…

— John Legend

People are swept into the criminal justice system - particularly in poor communities of color - at very early ages... typically for fairly minor,…

— Michelle Alexander

After spending time with police officers on ride-alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grass roots organizations fighting for human…

— Malcolm Jenkins

The U.S. prison system, over all, disproportionately affects black and brown people, but people of color are overrepresented to a greater degree in private…

— Clint Smith

“What this book intended to do - the only thing it is intended to do - is to stimulate a much-needed conversation about the…

— Michelle Alexander

Most criminologists today will acknowledge that crime rates and incarceration rates in the United States have had relatively little to do with each other.

— Michelle Alexander