Speakers address implications of half century of mass incarceration in U.S.

Speakers from several prominent local activist groups met in San Marcos to discuss the implications of mass incarceration in the United States over the last 50 years.

Elle Cross, right to justice coordinator for Mano Amiga, a local non-profit working in criminal justice reform and immigration in Hays County, coordinated two separate presentations to allow the public a better opportunity to participate on Thursday, March 30.

Speaking were Nicole D. Porter, senior director of advocacy for the Sentencing Project; Karen Muñoz, Mano Amiga co-founder; Bea Halbach-Singh, Vera Institute of Justice senior research associate; Shahd Elbushra, Vera Institute of Justice; and Cyrus Gray III, Hays County jail advocate/ researcher.