Incarceration is a uniquely American crisis, but it does not operate in a vacuum - it intersects with poverty and racism and undercuts the economic mobility of vulnerable communities. It is not an equally felt crisis, with the majority of its harm felt by black and brown Americans, who unjustly make up 31% of America’s population but 56% of prisoners.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley's People’s Justice Guarantee is a comprehensive piece of legislation designed to end the injustices in the system