Mass Incarceration
Mass incarceration has failed. 25 percent of the world's prisoners are locked up here in the US despite our country representing just five percent of the global population. Attempting to address social problems such as poverty, homelessness, and mental illness by incarcerating more people has not worked. We need to take a smarter approach to crime: one that hasn't shown itself to be discriminatory toward people of color and those living in the margins.