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The United States imprisons more people than any other nation, including China and Russia. Over 2.3 million adults are currently in American prisons and jails. Locking up more and more people for longer and longer doesn’t make us safer, yet the incarceration rate in the United States has shot up 500% over the past four decades.
Fear-mongering politicians and sensational, stereotyping media coverage has driven bad policies that lock up greater numbers of people. Poor people of color are overwhelmingly and disproportionately targeted.
Brave New Films‘ forthcoming series “Sentencing Reform” highlights the symptoms of mass incarceration and present real, fact-based alternatives. Watch Part 1 now and explore the scope and source of mass incarceration.
Bias by Numbers. 18 x 24 inches. Screen print on cream Speckletone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Edition of 450. $55. Available Tuesday, July 18 @ 10AM (PDT) on ObeyGiant.com in Store under Prints. Limit 1 per person/household. A portion of the proceeds from this print will benefit Black Lives Matter.
