Police Abolition & Dismantling Mass Incarceration, A Fireside Chat with Tahir Duckett, Derecka Purnell, and Premal Dharia

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, per capita and by volume. Despite only having 5% of the world’s population, the U.S. has more than 20% of the world’s prison population. Racial disparities are profound within the criminal justice system, as Black men and women have considerably higher admission rates than Whites or Hispanics. A recent study shows that 94% of police force in DC is against Black people. This has to change!

Join the Center for Innovations in Community Safety for a dialogue addressing mass incarceration, the impacts and detriments that it has caused, and how we can move forward to better society!

Moderated By: CICS Justice Fellow, Tyler Bates

Speakers: 

Tahir Duckett, CICS Executive Director and Georgetown Law Adjunct Professor

Derecka Purnell, Author of “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, And the Pursuit of Freedom”

Premal Dharia, Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School.