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Mass Incarceration Myths Fuel Calls for Police Reform

Prison population is down 26% over the last decade, but the police reform industrial complex keeps that a secret

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Roland Clee
Mar 18, 2024
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Getting into prison is actually difficult

Despite the current ‘mass incarceration’ narrative, getting into prison isn’t easy. One case when I was a career criminal investigator, the defendant, Shifty McCriminal (not his real name) and his public defenders, had used every trick in the book, including courtroom outbursts to d…

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