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"Understanding mass incarceration in the US is the first step to reducing a swollen prison population," by Jeffrey Bellin, The Conversation, March 02, 2023
"Report urges capping U.S. prison sentences at 20 years to end mass incarceration," by Brett Wilkins, Salon, February 16, 2023
"In a Post-Roe World, More Miscarriage and Stillbirth Prosecutions Await Women," by Patricia Hurtado and Francesca Maglione, Bloomberg, July 05, 2022
"The Biden administration should join the fight against overcriminalization," by Joe Luppino-Esposito and Daniel Ortner, The Hill, April 07, 2021
"Mass incarceration's surprising toll," by Sandy Hausman, WVTF, July 15, 2022
"The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration," by Adam Bradley, New York Times, August 11, 2022
"The Fashionable Police Strategy That Is Just Mass Incarceration By Another Name," by Philip V. McHarris, Slate, November 01, 2022
"Plea bargaining and mass incarceration go hand in hand. We need to end both.," by Chris Kemmitt and Premal Dharia, USA Today, November 03, 2022
"Politicians' Tough-on-Crime Messaging Could Have Devastating Consequences," by Udi Ofer, Time Magazine, November 03, 2022
"‘Mass incarceration is one of the greatest health challenges of our time’: MacArthur ‘genius’ Emily Wang on building solutions," by Ambar Castillo, STAT News, November 23, 2022
"When Incarceration Is Automatic: Mandatory Minimums and Race," by Fred Butcher, Amanda Cissner, and Michael Rempel, Center for Justice Innovation, December 21, 2022
"Home Confinement: A Safe Alternative To Mass Incarceration," by Billy Sinclair, The Crime Report, December 29, 2022
"Plea Bargains Are a Tool of Racist Mass Incarceration," by Dan Canon, Truthout, January 29, 2023
"The Era of Mass Incarceration Isn’t Over. This New Report Shows Why.," Mother Jones, by Olivia Exstrum, June 14, 2018
"Marijuana legalization can’t fix mass incarceration," Vox, by German Lopez, April 17, 2018
