Massachusetts’ Proposed Prison Moratorium Is a First Step Toward Abolition
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The case against the United States prison system is overwhelming. Numerous studies have revealed inexhaustibly that prisons do not provide public safety by decreasing recidivism but instead fuel racial and economic injustice, place enormous strain on communities impacted by incarceration, undermine real accountability for harm and inflict further trauma. Carceral environments are detrimental…