Crow Quote by Michelle Alexander

Mass incarceration is a massive system of racial and social control.

— Michelle Alexander

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

The system of mass incarceration depends almost entirely on the cooperation of those it seeks to control.

— Michelle Alexander

In a sense, mass incarceration has emerged as a far more extreme form of physical and residential segregation than Jim Crow segregation. Rather than…

— Michelle Alexander

Our system of mass incarceration is better understood as a system of racial and social control than a system of crime prevention or control.

— Michelle Alexander

“One in three young African American men is currently under the control of the criminal justice system—in prison, in jail, on probation, or on…

— michelle alexander

“Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot all employed mass imprisonment, each presiding over a process that arrested and incarcerated millions. Such systems are often part…

— David Cay Johnston

“This book argues that mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow and that all those who care about social justice should fully commit…

— Michelle Alexander

“Saying mass incarceration is an abysmal failure makes sense, though, only if one assumes that the criminal justice system is designed to prevent and…

— Michelle Alexander

Some of our system of mass incarceration really has to be traced back to the law-and-order movement that began in the 1950s, in the…

— Michelle Alexander

“Mass incarceration is the result of small, distinct steps, each of whose significance becomes more apparent over time, and only when considered in light…

— James Forman, Jr

“I believe that there are four institutions in American history that have shaped our approach to race and justice but remain poorly understood. The…

— Bryan Stevenson