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Criminal justice reform advocates and leaders are urging Vice President Kamala Harris to change her campaign rhetoric on crime and focus her platform on addressing mass incarceration, according to a letter exclusively reported by The Hill.

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The likely Democratic nominee for president has touted her record as an attorney general and prosecutor, framing November’s election as a contest between a “tough-on-crime” prosecutor and a convicted felon – Republican nominee former Pres. Donald Trump.

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More than 160 leaders directly impacted by incarceration – including Norris Henderson and DeAnna Hoskins, two executives of prominent criminal justice reform advocacy organizations – say that such language is harmful to Harris’ campaign and marginalizes those impacted by the criminal justice system.

The letter asks Harris to embrace her previous message that focused on reforming the criminal justice system, noting that she was the first candidate to attend the group’s presidential town hall in 2019 hosted by formerly incarcerated leaders.

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The letter stresses that Black Americans are incarcerated at a disproportionately high rate, with one-in-three Black men having a felony conviction. It goes on to suggest alternative ways Harris can attack Trump’s legal woes.

Polling suggests that Harris’ prosecutorial record hindered her 2020 bid for the Democratic nomination, especially among progressive voters. However, changing dynamics could make a “tough-on-crime” message more appealing to voters.

Prison Reform Leaders Ask Harris to Drop "Tough on Crime" Rhetoric

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