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en Un-carceration: Prosecutor candidate Deaton talks jail reform
http://www.readthehook.com/109569/un-carceration-prosecutor-
candidate-deaton-talks-jail-reform <p>Steven B. Deaton is
gunning for the Democratic nomination for Charlottesville
commonwealth's attorney&#8211; again&#8211; and on a rainy
Wednesday, May 8, under the protection of the Pavilion's roof,
he made his case. <br /><br />"We have filled our jails and
prisons with nonviolent offenders&#8211;it's time to reverse
that trend," said Deaton, speaking directly about race in the
matter by recommending the 2010 book <em>The New Jim Crow: Mass
Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness</em> by Michelle
Alexander, which points out that the United States incarcerates
25 percent of the prisoners in the world, and that the majority
of those in jail are African-American men.</p> <p>Deaton is
challenging current Commonwealth's Attorney Warner D. "Dave"
Chapman, who unseated Deaton in 1993. Deat