Most new prison construction has occurred in predominately white, rural communities, and thus a new and bizarre form of segregation has emerged in recent years. Ghetto youth are transferred from their decrepit, underfunded, racially segregated schools to brand-new high-tech prisons located in white rural counties.

We have to stop thinking of criminals as 'them' and admit to ourselves, 'There but for the grace of God go I.'

The greatest myth about mass incarceration is that it has been driven by crime and crime rates. It's just not true.

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