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“How Mass Incarceration Became a Poverty Trap”
“How Mass Incarceration Became a Poverty Trap”
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Dec 4, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Rebecca talks to the Brennan Center's Ames Grawert & Terry Ann Craigie about their research finding that people who spend time in prison see their lifetime earnings cut in half, further entrenching poverty and the racial divide -- the annual earnings loss by Americans with criminal conviction records now totals $372 billion per year. Show notes: https://offkiltershow.medium.com/how-mass-incarceration-became-a-poverty-trap-6211e6712380
Released:
Dec 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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