Figure 4 | Timeline of Laws that Shifted the U.S. Towards Mass Incarceration

Chart: Source: Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (New York, The New Press, 2010); Federal Bureau of Prisons (website). “Historical Information: A Storied Past,” https://www.bop.gov/about/history/; Ruth Delaney, Fred Patrick, and Alex Boldin, Unlocking Potential: Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education (New York: Vera Institute of Justice, May 2019).; and Christina Reardon,“Formerly Incarcerated Individuals and the Challenges of Reentry,” Social Work Today, 17, no. 6 (November 2017): 16. Get the data Download Image