"In a state that had been decimated economically by the Civil War, they found a cash cow, the mass incarceration system."  The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world, and Black and Latino people are disproportionately affected by mass incarceration. Michael Harriot explains why that reality is intentional and began with "Black codes" following the Civil War.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.