reports, the United States has the highest prison rate in the world, and the prison population has more than quadrupled since the early 1980s. Furthermore, about half of the inmates in federal prisons are serving time for non-violent drug offenses, which has received recent criticismin light of new legislationAccording to theMovement Advancement Project contend 3 2019 Representative Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), one of the House Republicans tooffer his supportto President Donald Trumpâslatest effort at an attempted coupSign up for our politics newsletter, theTeen VogueTake! contend 3 2019 José Olivarez is a writer from Calumet City. His debut book of poems,Citizen Illegal contend 3 2019 What can us youth, the readers of this book, do to help fix the juvenile justice system? contend 3 2019