Kerner Report: Ep 12: Mass Incarceration: America’s Answer to the Kerner Report

In episode 12, Connie Morris explores how America responded to the Kerner Commission with punishment instead of investment, tracing the rise of mass incarceration, its racial disparities, and the policies that fueled it—from the War on Drugs to mandatory minimums and private prisons.

She highlights the human cost on families and communities, the challenges of re-entry, and frames mass incarceration as a form of modern bondage, while previewing the next episode on reparations.

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