The issue of mass incarceration, the multi-billion-dollar industry that prisons have become in this country, is important to talk about. The fact is … - Ana Castillo

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The issue of mass incarceration, the multi-billion-dollar industry that prisons have become in this country, is important to talk about. The fact is that young people of color are being harassed as much as my generation was 30 years ago despite the civil rights movement and all the other ways that we've brought up race issues in this country.

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About Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo (June 15, 1953) is a Chicana novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, playwright, translator and independent scholar.

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Alternative Names: Ana Hernández del Castillo

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