Addressing a uniquely American problem.
The US incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. There are currently two million people in prisons and jails in this country. Yet mass incarceration, for all the lives it touches, does not affect all lives equally. Black men are six times likelier than white men to be incarcerated. Latino men are 2.5 times likelier to be incarcerated than white men. These numbers reflect a system that arguably does not simply punish those who have committed crimes in proportion to their offenses. Rather, it reflects a deeply biased system that has created a crisis in this country.
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