We Call Mass Incarceration an Epidemic. Let’s Treat it like a Disease.

by Joseph Kahn Illustration by William Sellmayer   Epidemic: “An increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population of that area.”1   Introduction: The term “epidemic” evokes imagery of field hospitals, masks, and ventilators. It inspires urgency. Epidemics force the government to action, making […]