Millions are caught up in America’s criminal-justice system ‘because they’re poor’

“The problem we have now is we think prison is the only way to hold people accountable when they break the law.” When Karol Mason was assistant attorney general under then-President Barack Obama, she ran the Office of Justice Program that worked with state and local law enforcement agencies as well as crime victims. Also under her purview was the Bureau of Justice Statistics, which does statistical work and research work for the Justice Department. Aujourd'hui, Mason is the president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.

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