Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The scale of mass incarceration, as well as criminal justice reform, has been a topic of debate in the United States for decades. #2 In the 2010s, mass incarceration and police brutality became hot-button topics in the United States. #3 The Black Lives Matter movement gave the push for criminal justice reform a huge boost in the 2010s, as it became clear that police forces were an out-of-control occupying force, and that their violence was being aided and abetted by a justice system built and operated to the specific detriment of Black and brown communities. #4 The scale of mass incarceration, as well as criminal justice reform, has been a topic of debate in the United States for decades. In the 2010s, mass incarceration and police brutality became hot-button topics.