Justice
How Mass Incarceration Takes a Toll on the Environment
Both prisoners and surrounding communities are affected by this under-studied issue.
The battle against overcrowding in prisons is as much a fight for basic human rights as it is a fight for the environment.
Increasingly, advocates against mass incarceration are working with allies from the environmental movement to make a combined case for prison reforms. Most advocacy work, petitions, and legal complaints against jails and prisons happen at the local level, but one organization is trying to make the conversation a national one.