Petition updateEND MASS INCARCERATION--STOP USING PRISONS TO FUEL ECONOMIES65% BLACK MALES INCARCERATED, 99% CAUCASION STAFF MAKING MONEY VIA JOBS AND CONTRACTS
Madeline "Sandy" SandersChicago, IL, United States
Aug 3, 2023

When we look at the PIE CHART, IT PROVIDES A STARK REPRESENTATION OF THE MANY MANY HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE TREATED AS COMMODITIES LOCK UP WITH EXCESSIVE SENTENCES, AND SO MANY OF THEM ARE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED BECAUSE OF CORRUPT POLICING, OVERZEALOUS PROSECUTORS WHO CARE ABOUT NOTHING BUT A WIN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.  (ALL PROSECUTORS ARE NOT DISPASSIONATE, BUT TOO MANY LACK COMPASSION.) AND MANY JUDGES WHO HAVE NO PROBLEM ENGAGING IN DISPARAGED SENTENCING.  THAT IS, SLAM THE BLACK MAN, BUT TREAT THE WHITE MAN WITH A THOUGHTFUL, CONSIDERATE STANCE.  WE WILL END MASS INCARCERATION WHICH HAS BEEN RAGING FOR THE PAST FORTY YEARS AND COUNTING.  THINK ABOUT IT, FROM 400,000 - 700,000 PRISONERS IN THE 1970S TO MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN SOME LANE OF THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM, MANY WITH 25- 35- 45- 55, 65 AND 100-YEAR SENTENCES WHICH IS DEHUMANIZING, DEMORALIZING TO ONE'S PSYCHE AND ON AND ON.  WE'RE ON A ROLL:  10,000, 20,000, 30,000 SIGNATURES TO BE DELIVERED TO THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE POLITICIANS WHO CARE TO PUSH THROUGH AND GET A SIGNOFF ON THE 26 PROPOSED CRIMINAL STATUTES THAT WILL, MUST AND SHALL BECOME PART OF THE CORRECTIONS CODIFIED SYSTEM.

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