Reducing racial disparities in our prisons: What can Mississippi learn from other states?
The bipartisan sentencing reform bill moving through the Legislature does not address racial disparities. That’s a serious omission.
Racial disparities in incarceration are getting worse. It’s time Mississippi took notice.
African Americans account for 61 percent of Mississippi’s prisoners, but only 37 percent of its population. Mississippi should join a national movement to reexamine the racial impact of its sentencing laws.