TruthOut10
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The devastation of mass incarceration cannot ever truly be measured, considering how far its tentacles stretch. There are the childrenPrison Blacks of prisoners, who grow up fatherless or motherless, the devastation of living a life behind bars, and the diminishing number of suitable male companions in the African American community, which impacts the black family. But also, voting laws which disenfranchise people whove been convicted of a crime are now being viewed as just another tool voter suppression.
In an article titled, Mass Incarceration and White Supremancy, Al Jazeera quotes Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) on the impact mass incarceration is having on society:
In Alabama 34% of Black Men Have Permanently Lost the Right to Vote | Your Black World
In an article titled, Mass Incarceration and White Supremancy, Al Jazeera quotes Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) on the impact mass incarceration is having on society:
In Alabama 34% of Black Men Have Permanently Lost the Right to Vote | Your Black World