Here’s What the World Will Look Like After Mass Incarceration

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America's prison-industrial complex incentivizes imprisonment and disproportionately hurts minorities. Now, pols are vowing to end it. But what will that actually look like?

Published Dec. 27 2015 1:15AM EST

Ending mass incarceration has become a cause célèbre on the left of this year’s presidential race.

Bernie Sanders has been vocal in denouncing the private prison industry— but Hillary Clinton went a step further and agreed to stop taking campaign contributions from the corporations that run them.

Sarah Shourd

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Here’s What the World Will Look Like After Mass Incarceration

America's prison-industrial complex incentivizes imprisonment and disproportionately hurts minorities. Now, pols are vowing to end it. But what will that actually look like?

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Sarah Shourd