Many issues that are primary drivers of mass incarceration cannot be remedied through government solutions alone. Issues such as broken families and mental health, both forever altered by over criminalization, cannot be simply be repaired through legislation. Civil Society has the unique capability to address certain social issues that government cannot, or to address them more effectively than government can. This section also addresses issues in which over-policing attempts to fix issues that should be handled through the community.
“‘Prison is a moral nightmare and the U.S. prison system in particular is arguably the largest single source of human suffering on this planet today,’ Feasley said. ‘We live in a society undergirded by this racist system of oppression and it’s up to us to dismantle it. As Yale students, we have a duty to dismantle this system’.“
September 25, 2018
Yale Daily News
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