Largely enshrined after the Civil War, felon disenfranchisement laws outlived their better-known Jim Crow cousins, and even today operate in tandem with the prison-industrial complex to deny Americans of color full access to political life.
Largely enshrined after the Civil War, felon disenfranchisement laws outlived their better-known Jim Crow cousins, and even today operate in tandem with the prison-industrial complex to deny Americans of color full access to political life.