Prompt # 1: Recall the chart we reviewed showing the prison population rates increasing from 1950 to 2021 for the United States (and a few other countries). As you read chapter 1 in the New Jim Crow, list and discuss the factors that have contributed to this substantial and persistent upward trend.

**Tip** Michelle Alexander discusses many factors that contribute to this upward trend. I recommend you list and discuss at least THREE of these factors. You can focus on the three that are the ...