Incarceration doesn’t keep us safe. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 2.3 million people behind bars—disproportionately people of color and poor people—while doing little to stop harm or help survivors of violence and communities heal. It would make way more sense to spend public funds on things that truly serve our communities—like education and economic opportunities—than spending money locking people up.
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