To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up CatEyePerspective / iStock / ChuckSchugPhotography / E+ / Getty Images / Truthout By One of the most pervasive myths about incarceration is that it makes a society safer. Now, a leading journalist who focuses on the criminal legal system has taken on that question in her new book. Victoria Law is a prolific reporter who is perhaps best known for spending years in the trenches exploring the experiences of women in prison. Her work always centers the voices of impacted people, while maintaining a broad lens on mass incarceration and digging deep into a wider variety of issues related to prison and jails.