Black Voices
According to The Sentencing Project, Black Americans are incarcerated at nearly five times the rate of White people. In 12 states —Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia —Black people comprise more than half of the prison population. These are essays from writers in the incarcerated Black community that share perspectives on identity, prison and the criminal justice system.
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