Watch John Oliver and some muppets explain America’s out of control prison system
“‘Black people who commit drug offenses, they go to jail like this, whereas white people don’t go to jail at all.”
-John Oliver, Comedian
published on Vox
NPR: States Push For Prison Sentence Overhaul; Prosecutors Push Back
The concept of, ‘Let’s lock them up and throw away the key,’ does nothing for society and does nothing for us, because you haven’t taught them anything,”
-Marie Collins, Lafayette, LA, sheriff department
published on NPR
Some Parole Requirements Could Be Increasing The Crime Rate
“People that are living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of ex-prisoners are more likely to go to prison than people that are living in neighborhoods without that many former prisoners.”
-David Kirk, Assoicate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
published on NPR
