How mass incarceration harms U.S. health, in 5 charts
- Written by Emily Nagisa Keehn, Associate Director, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, Harvard University
The U.S. incarcerates a higher percentage of its citizens than any other country in the world.
There’s little doubt among researchers that mass incarceration is wreaking havoc on our society, in particular on people of color, LGBTQ and the poor. What’s often overlooked in this discussion is the damage that prisons and jails do to our...
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