Wealth Inequality Toolkit

America’s Broken Criminal Legal System Contributes to Wealth Inequality

In December 2022, the Center for American Progress (CAP) released a report highlighting how the nation’s failed experiment with mass incarceration and overcriminalization strips wealth from families and widens the racial wealth gap. The full report, America’s Broken Criminal Legal System Contributes to Wealth Inequality, is available here. Key findings from the report and shareable social media content are below.

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A book with the title America's Broken Criminal Legal System Contributes to Wealth Inequality.
A house with a 50% less wealth than the average household.
A chart showing that 22% of households could not afford to pay all their bills in 2019.
A purple graphic shows that 23.4% of households were denied a loan application in 2019.
A yellow background with a black and white photo of a family.
A poster that says "More than half of black households are affected by incarceration and 44.4% of their latino counterparts reported being dissatisfied with their neighborhood, school safety, or other amenities."
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