“We are sending in droves our young men into a system that erases them from public view and public consideration,” Legend told the Guardian. Since 2000, the two states have each decreased their prison populations by nearly 25%, according to Department of Justice data. These are the people Foss, Legend and Prosecutor Integrity want to reach and train to think more creatively about justice and the impacts of their decisions. Photograph: Adam FossAccording to Fordham law professor and researcher John Pfaff, prosecutors represent “a great untapped resource” for slowing prison admissions, and it’s not just theory. “You begin to realize how much trauma and pain and abuse [the inmates] have been victims of themselves before they got to prison, and since they’ve been in prison.

Source: The Guardian July 05, 2016 13:18 UTC