THE
PROBLEM:
INCARCERATION AND COMMISSARY DEFINED
RESOURCES ON INCARCERATION AND THE COMMISSARY PROBLEM .
A report "to understand how many people are locked up across the country, where, and why."
An article with images of "menus from some facilities at the center of recent lawsuits and inmate complaints."
A TED talk that shares the "touching stories of those impacted by mass incarceration."
An article that explores the "exploitation of incarcerated people and their families" through prison commissaries.
A briefing exploring the question "how much do incarcerated people earn in each state?"
A briefing on the nutritional components of prison meals and the associated public health costs.
“Mass incarceration is a policy that's kind of built up over the last four decades and it's destroyed families and communities, and something we need to change. And it's fallen disproportionally on black and brown communities, especially black communities, and it's kind of a manifestation of structural racism.”
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- John Legend