This paper examines the ways in which people of color are systematically disadvantaged by the criminal justice system in the United States and questions who the true beneficiary of prison reform is. I review specific economic and educational policies that have contributed to this disenfranchisement, such as the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and policies surrounding the use of private prisons. I use Critical Race Theory as a lens to understand racial inequality in our criminal justice system and the ways in which criminal justice reform has failed to consider race in its policies. I conclude by examining the Trump administration's efforts at addressing the problems with our criminal justice systems and offer policy recommendations.