Incarceration and inequality

375 US counties incarcerate at least 20 Black people for every 1 White person and Oklahoma has a higher incarceration rate than Russia or Rwanda

“I missed out on their first day of school. I missed out on being able to encourage them to persevere. I missed out on being a mother. I feel like I was robbed of that opportunity because they were babies. And when I came home, they had babies… It’s even hard now to know that I can never get those days back.”

Ramona Brant was sentenced to life in prison …