Dear John,

With your generous support, you’ve allowed us to take the first step in an advocacy campaign best described in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as the “collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive.”

Our research has found that injustice is indeed alive throughout our criminal legal system. With each of The Sentencing Project’s research reports, policy briefs, and fact sheets, the facts are revealed:

More than 1.8 million people are languishing in prisons and jails, giving the United States the shameful distinction as a world leader in incarceration.
Black adults are incarcerated in state prisons at over 5 times the rate of white adults, and Black youth are 4.4 times as likely to be incarcerated as their white peers. These unjust disparities cause irreparable harm to communities of color.
And an estimated 4.6 million Americans are barred from voting due to a felony conviction.

Thanks to you and your commitment, The Sentencing Project is leading a powerful justice reform movement. We currently partner with 68 national groups and over 150 state-level organizations to advance racial justice and transform the criminal legal system.

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