A prison system long due for reform

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2 min readMar 3, 2016
Graphics by Skyler Rodriguez

“If you’re a low-level drug dealer, or you violate your parole, you owe some debt to society…but you don’t owe 20 years.” —U.S. President Barack Obama

Do you think the prison system needs reform?

Sources: ACLU, Marshall Project, NAACP, NADCP, New York Times, NIJ, Prisonpolicy.org, SF Chronicle, USSC

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