Welcome to Policy vs. People, a series that cuts through the fog of political soundbites to ask one critical question: Who is this policy hurting?
Every law, budget cut, and bureaucratic barrier has a human cost. And too often, the people impacted—especially those behind bars or living on the margins — are left out of the conversation.
In this series, we break down policies that affect incarcerated people and their loved ones. We look at what’s really being funded (or defunded), whose voices are being silenced, and how we can shift the narrative.
From overpriced prison phone calls to the quiet gutting funding for public defenders, we’re here to expose the policies that punish and profit at the expense of humanity.
Because when policy ignores people, we all pay the price.
📊 Policy vs. People
🎯 Policy: Slashing funding for public defenders, reentry programs, or prison education.
💥 Impact: People who’ve served their time come home with fewer tools and more barriers—setting them up to fail.
📣 Who gets hurt: Families. Children. Communities. And taxpayers, who pay for repeated incarceration instead of second chances.
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