"Do Americans really want to end mass incarceration? Or do they simply want to cut prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders?
These are two different questions: Although much of the
focus on prison reform over the past few years has gone to nonviolent
drug offenders, the rapid growth of the US prison population since the
1960s — which put America above even Russia and China in incarceration —
was actually driven by longer sentences for violent crime.
A new poll
by Morning Consult and Vox gives some insight: Americans agree there
are too many people in prison — but they’re only willing to cut
sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, not violent criminals."
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