Until we resolve our racially unjust incarceration system, we cannot be at peace / Marc H. Morial.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Morial, Marc H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Local Subjects:

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 pages)

Contained In:

UN Chronicle Vol. 54, no. 4, p. 39-41 54:4<39 15643913

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This year, my home state of Louisiana, United States of America, enacted common-sense prison reforms that will reduce the incarcerated population by 10 per cent and save the state more than a quarter of a billion dollars over the next 10 years. One local sheriff's response to the reforms encapsulates why they are so desperately needed: he complained that he would be losing a source of free labour. Referring to non-violent offenders, Sheriff Steve Prator of Caddo Parish said, "They're releasing some good ones that we use every day to wash cars, to change oil in our cars, to cook in the kitchen, to do all that, where we save money." Video of his offensive statement went viral on social media, with many comparing the prison labour system to slavery.

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