Nicole Porter is the Director of Advocacy at the Sentencing Project. Nicole was named a "New Civil Rights Leader" by Essence Magazine for her work to eliminate mass incarceration. Her work has been cited in several major media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, and National Public Radio. She is with us today to talk about the work of disrupting mass incarceration in the US.

In This Episode:

• Why the US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world
• Why women’s incarceration growth rates now exceed that of men
• How the issue of race underlies the issue of mass incarceration and what The Sentencing Project is doing about it 

Connect with Nicole:

Twitter:  @Nicoleporter

The Sentencing Project - https://www.sentencingproject.org/

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Minnesota Freedom Fund - https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/

Justice For Breonna Taylor - https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor?use_react=false

Justice for George Floyd - https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd

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