The current mass incarceration crisis is the result of narratives that prioritized lengthy punishment as a way to prevent crime – despite decades of research proving this approach is ineffective and deeply inequitable.
As a result, the prison population has exploded, with more than 200,000 people–disproportionately Black Americans– serving life sentences as of 2020. That’s more than the entire prison population in 1970!
John, with your support, The Sentencing Project is advocating for policies to return people to their communities who have demonstrated that they no longer pose a threat to public safety. Will you make a #GivingTuesday gift today when it will have 3X the impact?
Time is of the essence.
At the current rate of decarceration, it would take 75 years — until 2098 — to return the prison population to pre-mass-incarceration levels. There are too many Americans behind bars right now. We can’t afford to wait that long.
This #GivingTuesday, please claim this 3X offer made by Michael Blake and Barbara Howald, the Randolph Carter Giving Fund, and an anonymous donor, and triple your impact on our shared fight for justice.
Thank you for your commitment.
