Talk:Inequality and injustice in the US criminal justice system

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I think that you chose a great topic that has lots of room for an intersectional analysis. You have found lots of great resources to talk about this topic with rich information. You also chose great aspects to talk about, such as, socioeconomic status, race and space. I would suggest that you add a few simple sentences on what you mean by hyperincarceration and what exactly the carceral system entails on a general level. I also think it would be helpful to add a few lines that clearly link the intersectional framework of the topic. Anyways, it is a great start with detailed research!

Hi! Thank you for your insightful post. I found this post interesting because I live in the United States and I am attending law school next year, so this topic is especially applicable to me. I think that this post has so many good sources and uses good research and statistics. I think something that could be useful to do is to take on a more intersectional lens. Rather than separating each impact in different paragraphs, it could be interesting to research how multiple effects could have an impact. For example, what impact would it have to be African American and from a low socio-economic class. In addition, it could be helpful to use specific examples, researching specific cases.

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Found your wiki page to be super informative and I too liked how you backed up what you were saying with statistics. One suggestion I have is to look up Michelle Alexander's article called "The New Jim Crow." She speaks about the United States criminal justice system and the issue of mass incarceration of African Americans and how this originated. The criminal justice system is a vehicle for social control and when we see such a high number of African Americans in prison, it really sheds light on other social issues that are at play such as racism. The war on drugs, coined by Nixon or the tough on crime era are also worth researching and perhaps adding into your wiki. Once again I really enjoyed reading about this topic and I wish you the best of luck.

Hello! This is such an interesting topic and I truly think you did a great job of explaining it in lots of detail. After taking many sociology/criminoligy classes about discrimination and racial injustice, I've come across many interesting and heartbreaking cases about people who have been wrongfully discriminated against in the U.S justice system. The story of Kalief Browder is an example of someone who has taken their life as a result of wrongfully being accused of a crime and being forced to remain in a prison environment (rikers island- one of the most brutal prisons in the U.S) for 3 years (2 years in solitary confinement) as a minor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder. After reading and learning about so many cases like this, I began to heavily question the criminal justice system. It became very evident that the criminal "justice" system is made partly to oppress minorities and encourage institutional racism.

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I really enjoyed reading this topic it's something that I am also really passionate about. I like how everything was backed up with statistics. You did a great job! The only thing I noticed when it comes to red flags was some missing punctuation in the first paragraph.

Hi there,

I really enjoyed the topic that you picked for your Wiki discussion. I think that it is an extremely important issue that isn't as widely discussed as it should be. Especially in light of the new Netflix series "When They See Us" describing the lives of the formerly known "Central Park 5" and the injustice they faced, I believe that it is important to continue discussing this issue openly. You did a good job tying in course topics by focusing on race and did make some references to intersectional topics such as class and age when referring to different experiences of Black individuals.

Good job.