The New Jim Crow

In the book, The New Jim Crow, how does she talk about eliminating mass incarcerations?

I am reading The New Jim Crow and I wanna know what chapters she speaks about eliminating mass incarceration

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According to the author, the central ingredient in overturning mass incarceration is changing the public consensus.In Alexander's opinion, true racial and social justice is not "lawyer-driven, trickle-down strategies for racial justice," but rather comes from the bottom-up (pg. 255). Policies that distract the public and were formed with colorblind intentions, like affirmative action policy, need to be put aside to fight against the system of mass incarceration. Prison employees need to be retrained in fields outside of criminal justice. Police officers need to regain their trust and partnership with communities of color. It is through colorblindness that the New Jim Crow system is rendered invisible. That is the area racial justice advocates need to fight against and change.

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The New Jim Crow