Social justice takes center stage in Charlotte

First, he hits you with the numbers. Going from 300,000 imprisoned people to 2.3 million during the last 40 years. The United States accounting for 5 percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Taxpayers spending $80 billion annually on jails and prisons, up from $6 billion in 1980. Six million are on probation or parole. There are 70 million Americans that have a criminal arrest record, crippling them in job prospects and loan applications. Such figures lift…