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Dominique DuBois Gilliard
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“We cannot incarcerate ourselves out of addiction. Addiction is a medical crisis that—when it comes to nonviolent offenders—warrants medical interventions, not incarceration. Decades later, data unequivocally illustrates that this war has been a massive failure. It has not only failed to reduce violent crime, but arrest rates—throughout its tenure—have continuously ascended even when crime rates have descended.”
― Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores
― Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores
“While many have depicted the War on Drugs as a Republican initiative, the drug war was a bipartisan effort. This rhetoric of law and order deployed by politicians won elections nationwide, from races for local council seats to the presidency.”
― Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores
― Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores
“Christians must join the freedom caravan and take part in the ongoing work of reimagining true justice. We can no longer wait until it
is socially expedient. We are called to be a prophetic presence in the world, not merely an echo chamber that resounds once there is no longer any social risk involved in speaking up.”
― Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores
is socially expedient. We are called to be a prophetic presence in the world, not merely an echo chamber that resounds once there is no longer any social risk involved in speaking up.”
― Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores
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