Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumEnding Mass Incarceration: Ideas from Today's Leaders (Essays from candidates)
Essays from some presidential candidates
PDF here: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/2019_EndingMassIncarceration_digital.pdf
Cory Booker: Pass the Next Step Act (page 1)
Julian Castro: Provide Fair Housing to Advance Justice Reform (page 9)
Kirsten Gillibrand: End the Over-Incarceration of Women (page 25)
Kamala Harris: Strengthen Resources for Public Defenders and Hold Prosecutors Accountable (page 37)
Amy Klobuchar: Provide Treatment for Addiction (page 53)
Beto O'Rourke: Start by Ending the Failed War on Drugs (page 61)
Bernie Sanders: Abolish For-Profit Prisons (page 73)
Elizabeth Warren: End the Two-Tiered System of Justice (page 77)
Mass incarceration is the civil rights crisis of our time. The racial disparities pervasive in our justice system compound at every juncture: African Americans are more likely to be stopped by police, arrested, detained before trial, and given harsher sentences than whites. Worse, the disparities in our justice system perpetuate racial inequity in our society more broadly.
In this remarkable collaboration, the countrys most prominent lawmakers and activists join together to propose ideas for transformative change. In these essays, they lay out their proposals to reduce the prison population and challenge our very conception of justice reform, paving the way for far-reaching political and cultural change. Marking a clear shift from the draconian rhetoric of the past, these essays take on the web of harmful policies that fuel mass incarceration and diminish opportunities for communities of color.
https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/ending-mass-incarceration-ideas-todays-leaders
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dalton99a
(81,730 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indygram
(2,113 posts)I borrowed it for the original post.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)I look forward to reading all of this later.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Indygram
(2,113 posts)Beto posted a link on social media and since there are many candidates listed I decided to share it here and list the titles and page numbers to find each candidate's essay.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Autumn
(45,120 posts)I'm happy that our candidates are acknowledging that and taking it on.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Indygram
(2,113 posts)eom
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I have wondered how many FL votes were lost to it in 2000.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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