PUNISHING THE POOR

"One can discover much about a society by looking at the prison system - who's in those prisons, how'd they get there & how much money is allocated to sustain it. In U.S. prisons: Primarily poor people, disproportionately but not exclusively black/brown. Poverty in America ...is invisible in our public discourse. Social neglect/political abandonment of the poor have resulted in a criminal justice system tilted against the poor." - Dr Cornel West