What comes to your mind in regards to social injustices?
At the top of my list is INCARCERATION
So why incarceration ~ it targets the individuals who society would rather ignore. Voices of individuals who have experienced injustices of poverty, lack of access to receive adequate treatment for mental illnesses and health care, and historical discrimination.
"Why Are Millions of Americans Locked Up?" Bryan Stevenson a clinical law professor at New York University Law School and the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative answers this question in http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/11/opinion/stevenson-justice-prison/index.html.
We live in a rich nation of vast resources yet our poor is condemned to the bottom of the barrel because of massive cuts to the mental health and social welfare systems.
"Why Are Millions of Americans Locked Up?" Bryan Stevenson a clinical law professor at New York University Law School and the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative answers this question in http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/11/opinion/stevenson-justice-prison/index.html.
We live in a rich nation of vast resources yet our poor is condemned to the bottom of the barrel because of massive cuts to the mental health and social welfare systems.
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