Don't forget the war on drugs
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2025
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He wasn't elected until 1980. Look at your graphs again.
Yes, the massive fall of deinstitutionalization began in the 60s as indicated on my graph? And as I said it began long before him? I don’t understand what you are disagreeing with
Even the incarceration rise started before him in the early 70s. He just is the one that turned this to a million with the war on drugs
My bad I didn't even see the text above it. Just underneath it. Ignore my statement.