The 1994 Crime Bill is often presented as this one thing. It's often presented as the thing that singlehandedly caused the increase in incarceration of black men. Was the Crime Bill the reason why so many black men are in prison? Sabine looks into the numbers, discusses the period leading up to the bill and the reasons for many of its add ons. What came first, what's the cause of so many black and brown men in prison. Obviously that answer can't be covered in one 40 minute discussion, but we can look into the facts of the bill and the numbers of men incarcerated.