On that fateful day of November 8, 2016, when the unexpected realization came to be that Donald Trump had been elected president of the United States, I and my many professional colleagues were shocked. So was the public, which was why, beginning at 8 a.m. the following morning, I was inundated with phone calls, messages, and emails, most notably from civil society members who had been in contact with me for prison reform.
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