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What's hidden behind the walls of America's prisons

  • Written by Heather Ann Thompson, Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
imageInmates at the California Institution for Men state prison in Chino, California in 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Few Americans fully appreciate just how many of their fellow citizens are ensnared in the criminal justice system.

Some may have heard that there are about 2.3 million people behind bars, but that figure tells only part of the story....

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