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There is a lot of conversation about ending mass incarceration, but almost all of it is focused on changing how we respond to non-violent and low-level crimes. The problem is that more than half of people in state prison are incarcerated for violent crimes, so we will only end mass incarceration if we deal with the question of violence.  

This Issue Time conversation will deal with the question of violence, and will discuss whether mass incarceration actually makes us safer and what else could make us safe instead.

OUR PANELISTS ANSWERS ARE NOW LIVE HERE!

Danielle Sered envisioned, launched, and directs Common Justice. She leads the project’s efforts, locally rooted in Brooklyn but national in scope, to develop and advance practical and groundbreaking solutions to violence that advance racial equity, meet the needs of those harmed, and do not rely on incarceration.

Fatimah Loren Muhammad is the Director of Equal Justice USA’s Trauma Advocacy Initiative, which, in its pilot stage hosts weekly, half-day collaborative workshops bringing over 250 members of the Newark Police Department together with African American community leaders and public health practitioners to discuss issues of race, trauma, violence, policing, and mass incarceration. She is a Senior Fellow at Humanity in Action and a recipient the Leeway Foundation 2010 Social Transformation Award.

Ryan King is a senior fellow in the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where he works on sentencing and corrections issues with a focus on mass incarceration. His objective is to produce high-quality empirical research on the impact of sentencing and corrections policies at the state and federal level; and to work with policymakers, practitioners, and community advocates to identify strategies that assist in the pursuit of a fair, effective, and rational criminal justice system.

Glenn E. Martin, is the President and Founder of JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA), an organization dedicated to cutting the U.S. correctional population in half by 2030.

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I’m sorry you couldn’t have your own kids.

What are you saying?

We… We weren’t blank pages, were we? Like your own would have been. You weren’t just adopting us but our past as well. And I feel like we’re killing you.

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I’m a lady and I’ve never said this to anybody, ever, in my entire life, but I’m gonna say it to you. You can go fuck yourself on the head.

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@tonibraxton Living Legend. Was the first woman to sign with LaFace Records. She was the first black Belle in Beauty and The Beast on Broadway and she is a Lupus Warrior. #tonibraxton #livinglegend #BlackHistoryMonth #BLM #28DaysOfBlackExcellence #ToniBraxtonLivingLegend

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#28DaysOfBlackExcellence #BlackHistoryMonth #BLM #RuPaulCharles #RuPaul #MyFavoriteHuman @rupaulofficial #Icon #Trendsetter

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#Moonlight #Oscars #Oscars2017 #BlackHistoryMonth #28DaysOfBlackExcellence #MahershalaAli @mahershalaali #BLM @moonlightmov

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Zoe Kravitz and Karl Glusman attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Happy Birthday @iiswhoiis #Kesha #Queen #Soulmate #Goddess

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Emma Roberts attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood February 26, 2017

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