April 9, 2014
Derwin Overton, the executive director of OAR of Fairfax County, speaks about the organization’s initiatives to break the cycle of crime at a public forum on April 6.
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Considering the Effects of Mass Incarceration
A Public Forum on Criminal Justice Sentencing Reform held in Burke.
There is a racial disparity in the number of people incarcerated in the United States. Nearly one in ten black men in their thirties is in jail. This number has increased due to the war on drugs, which has also seen a racial disparity in the numbers of those convicted.
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