Tucson Weekly

Eight Things to Know about Mass Incarceration

Kathleen B. Kunz Jul 19, 2018 13:41 PM
Kathleen B. Kunz
The Arizona Ground Game sponsored a forum called The Crimes of Mass Incarceration

The Arizona Ground Game hosts community forums every month in hopes of educating our community on controversial issues that can become complicated once you dive into the details. The group wants to see citizens engaged and informed once midterm elections come around this November.

On Tuesday evening, TAGG brought Joel Feinman, head of the Pima County Public Defender’s office and adjunct professor in political science at the University of Arizona, to Pueblo High School’s Little Theater to talk about the causes of and solutions to mass incarceration.

He gave a half-hour presentation before taking questions from the audience. Here’s a recap of what was covered at the forum:

1. Plea agreements

2. The power of your local prosecutor
3. Racial disparities in America’s prisons
4. The war on drugs
5. Transgenerational impacts
6. Costs
7. Disenfranchisement
8. The solution