Becky Pettit on the Prison Population, Survey Data and African-American Progress
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Our guest is Becky Pettit, professor of sociology at the University of Washington. Her latest book is Invisible Men, Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress. The prison population in the United States has quintupled over the last 35 years. Over half of young inmates between about 20 and 35 have less than a high school diploma.
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