Zhi Kai H. Vanderford, incarcerated for nearly 40 years, says prison is no longer about rehabilitation — it’s a failed system that devastates families and communities.
Life sentences
‘Death by incarceration’ reaches record levels in the U.S.
The Sentencing Project’s report reveals that nearly 200,000 people in the US are serving life terms, with a 68% increase since 2003, and that nearly half of those serving life sentences are Black.
