Whose voices are you hearing?

 

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New Mural Arts project brings the voices of those most impacted by mass incarceration to the forefront

Which country has the highest number of incarcerated people per capita?

It’s us.

The United States is the world leader in incarcerating its citizens, imprisoning 2.3 million people per year. The U.S. has 4.4 percent of the world’s population and 22 percent of the world’s prisoners.

robyn-buseman-headshotThe stunning numbers tell a dismal story: Decimated communities, a poorly trained workforce, and large segments of the population marginalized and left behind. This is a failure, magnified on a nationwide scale. It is a failure of our culture of incarceration, a culture that does not provide space for treatment and rehabilitation.

But we can take steps to ignite change in this system.

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