America Quote by Nicholas Kristof

One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders or for…

— Randall Robinson

The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an…

— Randall Robinson

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

— Lisa Bonet

“Far from fading away, it appears that prisons are here to stay. And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community,…

— Michelle Alexander

They are trying to lock up as many of us up as possible to put us in penitentiaries for free labor. You have the…

— Eddie Griffin

“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

“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

“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

— Angela Y. Davis

Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a…

— Michelle Alexander

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

“More African American adults are under correctional control today – in prison or jail, on probation or parole – than were enslaved in 1850,…

— Michelle Alexander

Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before…

— Michelle Alexander