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Crime Bill

September 20, 2023

Did you know today marks the 30th anniversary of the Crime Bill?

Listen or read this podcast discussing the 1994 Crime Bill, which contributed deeply to our current crisis of mass incarceration and criminalization, de-stabilizing an entire generation of families in the United States with an especially destructive impact on Black and brown communities.

Read the full article here: Podcast

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People in our communities without direct experience with incarceration are often ill-informed of the negative, and catastrophic, effects on earnings and employment, physical and mental health, housing and education, and family well-being created and perpetuated by the carceral system. Through our advocacy work in local and state government, EXPO creates space, opportunity, and support for system-impacted individuals to raise their voices about the systemic and institutional harm of the incarceration. In the words of one of our organizers, EXPO’s work “shines a light of awareness and truth where others refuse to acknowledge.”