Mass incarceration

‘Makes Me Wanna Holla’ puts injustices of carceral system on display Visitors look at a gallery wall filled with poetry and framed artwork. Quilted portraits of Abdul Muhammad, Michelle Clopton, Derrick King, Gerald Reed and Robert Allen hang in the foreground.

‘Makes Me Wanna Holla’ puts injustices of carceral system on display

Reuben Jonathan Miller, scholar of mass incarceration, awarded MacArthur fellowship Professor Reuben Jonathan Miller stands in front of foliage and building.

Reuben Jonathan Miller, scholar of mass incarceration, awarded MacArthur fellowship

U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds Wide shot of a prison watch tower, with barbed wire in the foreground

U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds

In new book, scholar offers intimate portrait of mass incarceration’s toll on society Man standing on train with facemask

In new book, scholar offers intimate portrait of mass incarceration’s toll on society

Rethinking the narratives of mass incarceration Screenshot from 'The Long Term,' an animated video drawn by incarcerated artists

Rethinking the narratives of mass incarceration

Associate Professor Benjamin Lessing

Benjamin Lessing

Title: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Expertise: Brazil, Mass incarceration, Paramilitaries

John J. Clegg

John J. Clegg

Title: Collegiate Assistant Professor; Harper-Schmidt Fellow

Expertise: Mass incarceration, Economics

Departmental website: https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/john-clegg

Matthew Epperson

Matthew Epperson

Title: Associate Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

Expertise: Policy, Criminal Justice, Mass incarceration, Decarceration, Mental health, Substance Abuse, Social work

Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/m-epperson