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Democracy Behind Bars

By Cole Krawitz, AlterNet. Posted April 25, 2006.


Author Sasha Abramsky talks about how mass incarceration -- and the resulting disfranchisement of millions of Americans -- is destroying our democracy.
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Cole Krawitz is communications and events associate at Demos. His work has appeared in New Voices Magazine, Clamor Magazine, and Nashim journal. Cole can be found blogging on Jewschool.com.

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