Article Series: Mass Incarceration Recently, on a conference trip to Philadelphia, I was struck by one thing that was inescapable. No, it wasn’t the smells of a chopped steak being used for the city’s signature sandwich or the incessant sounds of city traffic and red lights. Rather, it was the phrase “free Meek Mill.” The phrase was everywhere: on the sides of busses, park benches, advertisement spaces, and across electronic scrolls. Hashtagged as “#freemeekmill,” I was immed