From Mississippi Free Press:
I’ve sat in a Mississippi prison where the toilet didn’t work.
Where the medical chart was a lie.
Where a woman looked me in the eye and said, “They only listen when I scream.”
We talk a lot about prison reform these days. We say it with urgency, with buzzwords, with a polished sense of policy that looks great on a legislative tracker or a grant proposal. But I’ve been doing this work for years and here’s what I know: Most of the conversations about prison reform aren’t about people. They’re about systems; budgets, efficiency, “safety”—and they miss the point. The system isn’t broken; it’s working in line with how it was built. Continue reading >>>
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