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Mandatory minimum sentences helped fill prisons in the U.S., and they played a substantial role in the mass incarceration we see now. What were these sentences supposed to do, and where did they go wrong? Most importantly, how do we get rid of them?

InterviewsDavid HarrisNovember 3, 2020Kevin Ring, mandatory minimums, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, mass incarceration, sentencing, 121-150

#27: The Curse of Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences

Since the mid 1980s, mandatory minimum drug sentences have served as the driving force behind the explosion in the federal prison population, and also the vast racial disproportionality in that population.

InterviewsDavid HarrisOctober 11, 2016mandatory minimums, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, 1-30

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