Copyright © 2013 by The New Press. This excerpt originally appeared in Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling published by The New Press Reprinted here with permission.

Sabrina Jones

Sabrina Jones is a comic book artist, writer, and editor who began her career with activist art collective Carnival Knowledge and alternative comics World War 3 Illustrated and Girltalk. Her books Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling and Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography were named “Great Graphic Novels” by the Young Adult Library Services Association. She received a BFA in painting from Pratt Institute and an MFA in illustration from School of Visual Arts. She lives in New York City.

Marc Mauer

Marc Mauer is the executive director of the Sentencing Project.