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With more than one and half million people behind bars, the U.S. is second only to China in the number of citizens who are incarcerated. And an estimated one of three African American men spend some part of their lives under the control or supervision of the criminal justice system. The consequences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities are devastating\u2026and little understood. Even the worst outcomes in prison \u2013sickness, suicide and other deaths\u2013 are frequently overlooked because the victims aren\u2019t valued and the incidents aren\u2019t documented.\n\nOn today\u2019s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Andrea Armstrong. She\u2019s a professor at Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law, and the chair of the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She also recently won a MacArthur Fellowship \u2013widely known as a genius award\u2013 for her work.\n\nGuest: Andrea Armstrong, professor at Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law, and the chair of the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.\n\nPodcast production by Ahyiana Angel\n\nYou can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for $15 for your first three months.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices