An Interview With a Former Inmate [PSMag.com]

Samantha Sangenito 10/28/154:00 AM

Darris Young was ecstatic when he heard the news that United States officials willset free about 6,000 inmates, all non-violent drug offenders, by November 2. The release is part of an overall, bipartisan push to reduce the harsh sentencing of those caught up in the war on drugs in the 1980s and '90s.

At the same time, Young is worried. What will happen to the inmates once they're released? Young is a community organizer at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a non-profit that advocates for decreasing prison spending and lowering incarceration rates. He hopes to see the released receive the support they need to find jobs and housing.

[For more of this story, written by Francie Diep, go to http://www.psmag.com/politics-...ew-with-darris-young]

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