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Movement for equality within the criminal justice system (POST4)

My blog has focused on the inequalities within the criminal justice system. I wanted to examine how class plays a role in these inequalities. Specifically, whether people in the lower class suffer more from the criminal justice system. Some of the inequalities that I have mentioned are:  criminal justice system targets poor and non-white populations disadvantaged populations are given harsher sentences people who are black and high school dropouts have high incarceration rate the cash bail system favors the wealthy (https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2020/pretrial-fairness-act-bill-end-cash-bail-illinois/) End Money Bail Act There are many inequalities that we can see in this system and there needs to be more awareness about them. One thing that I suggest needs to be changed is the cash bail system. From my research, I found the "End Money Bail Act". This is a policy to knock down the current cash bail system and make it more fair. This bill will let the state and local gove...