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The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) That means one out of every 60 Americans is entangled in the system — one of the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yet despite its vast reach, the criminal justice system often fails at its most ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lucius Couloute, Trinity College (THE CONVERSATION) The U.S. operates one of the ...