The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration

[norseamd]

American politicians are now eager to disown a failed criminal-justice system that’s left the U.S. with the largest incarcerated population in the world. But they've failed to reckon with history. Fifty years after Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report “The Negro Family” tragically helped create this system, it's time to reclaim his original intent.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...mily-in-the-age-of-mass-incarceration/403246/

 

[Moonbeam]

We have a deadly infection of CBD that is preventing any progress from happening in the USA. The country is deeply sick and there is no know cure for this plague.

 

[BoberFett]

Thanks for the link, interesting article. It's really long, so I kinda skimmed over a few parts, but I'll give it a more in depth read later.

 

[Blackjack200]

Patricia Lowe and her son Uriah sit on the bed of Patricia’s other son Edward, who has been incarcerated since he was 16. Edward is currently serving the fourth year of a 9.5-to-15-year sentence. August 8, 2015. (Greg Kahn)

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...mily-in-the-age-of-mass-incarceration/403246/