Explain the basis of her argument, including the pernicious effects of “the war on drugs,” and sketch out what alternatives might be possible.

Legal scholar and professor Michelle Alexander makes a prima facie case that what she calls “mass incarceration” has become a powerful system of social control, replacing the old system of discrimination and segregation (that’s why it’s called “the new Jim Crow”). Explain the basis of her argument, including the pernicious effects of “the war on drugs,” and sketch out what alternatives might be possible

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