Faculty Sponsor

Christoph Schiessl

Final Abstract for URS Program

America’s mass incarceration system functions as a tool to keep their black communities impoverished and powerless. Black people are locked away at disproportionate rates; moreover, statistics suggest that the criminal justice system is racially biased at every step. These two systems work together to keep an alarmingly high amount of black people behind bars so businesses can profit off of them. If ex-convicts leave the prison, they will find it hard to reintegrate into society because of the post-prison fees, parole requirements, discrimination, and disenfranchisement. Without rehabilitation available in most prisons, these barriers make the prison system akin to a revolving door. The incarceration system’s impact on crime rates have been rapidly decreasing for decades. However, positive reforms have been discouraged by those invested in the system because they turn the best profit when prisons are full.

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2021

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