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Beyond Jails: Community-Based Strategies for Public Safety
The Fox Designing the Henhouse
The cycle of jail expansion and construction in Terre Haute, Indiana
Photo courtesy of Warren K. Leffler / Library of Congress.
Why We Say “Criminal Legal System,” Not “Criminal Justice System”
At this country’s birth in 1776, Black people were not considered fully human under the law and, in 1857, the nation’s highest court ruled that Black people had “no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” Today’s criminal legal system grew from these racist roots and continues to disproportionately harm Black people and other people of co ...
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Erica Bryant