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Deep Impact: Quantifying the Effect of Prison Expansion in the South

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  • Date
  • April 4, 2003

While prisons have multiplied across the United States, the results have been especially dramatic in the South. Today, 97,000 people live in Charleston, 362,000 in Miami, and 485,000 in New Orleans. But towering above these cities are the approximately 560,000 who live inside Southern prisons and jails in the 12-state region from Louisiana to Virginia.

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In Remembrance

Lani Guinier’s Overlooked Education Legacy

Lani Guinier

The late Lani Guinier thought deeply about the intersection between education and criminal justice. Her leadership at Open Society helped pave the way to colleges across the country offering higher education to the incarcerated.

January 11, 2022 | Leon Botstein

Honoring a Legend

Honoring a Social Justice Legend

Herb Sturz

Following 25 years of service, Herb Sturz retired from the Open Society Foundations in July. He leaves behind a legacy of work that lifted up lives, from the townships of South Africa to the classrooms of New York City.

September 9, 2019 | Aryeh Neier

EVENT RECAP

How Racism and Inequality Are Influencing the Rise of Legalized Cannabis in the United States

As the legal cannabis industry in the United States continues its explosive growth, a new documentary raises challenging but vital questions about the interaction between drug policy, racism, mass incarceration, and justice.

July 29, 2019

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