Mass Incarceration Archives

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PS Picks: Exploring Mass Incarceration as a Societal Problem in ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscape’

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

News in Brief

Have We Been Looking at Mass Incarceration All Wrong?

In his new book, John Pfaff argues that the cause of mass incarceration isn’t the War on Drugs, it’s prosecutorial power.

Jack Denton

News in Brief

The U.S.’ Mass Incarceration Rate Is the Lowest It’s Been in Almost Two Decades

American prisons are getting a little less crowded. Do we have Obama to thank for that? By Jared…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Will Raising the Minimum Wage Help End Mass Incarceration?

Sure, why not? By Jared Keller (Photo: Wisconsin Jobs Now/Flickr) The Obama administration has a plan to end…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

California’s Criminal Justice Experiment

In 2011, the state transferred responsibility for a substantial group of inmates to the counties in order to downsize the overcrowded state-run facilities.

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

The Justice Department Is Freeing Thousands of Non-Violent Drug Offenders

It's about time.

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

An Interview With a Former Inmate

As the United States Justice Department plans to release about 6,000 non-violent drug offenders from federal prison, we talk with a researcher and former inmate about what should happen next.

Francie Diep