Behind Bars The Invention Of Mass Incarceration

Prisons were once considered a sign of progress, a victory for public health that was more humane than disease-ridden, ... In this animated interview, the sociologist Bruce Western explains the current inevitability of prison for certain demographics of ... Incarcerating US is a feature-length documentary that exposes America's prison problem and explores ways to unshackle the ... Thanks to Visually ( for facilitating the 'Investments in people, not jails and prisons, leads to a decrease in crime' — We're breaking down the This 2014 documentary takes an intimate look at the cycle of

Mandatory minimums were supposed to help crack down on drug crime in the 80s. But they've had huge unintended ... The United States locks up more people than any other country in the world, says documentarian Eve Abrams, and somewhere ... What does it say about a country that jails more people than any other on Earth? In this powerful documentary, we trace the story ... Nicole Porter from The Sentencing Project joins Rattling the Video complements research report on racism in the US criminal justice system. The The American carceral system is one of the largest in the world. In Episode 5, we examine the

Robert Reich says that there's nothing just about our criminal justice system. It's racist and destructive. It's not making us safer. Deep in rural Louisiana stands Louisiana State Penitentiary — better known as Angola Prison. Built on former plantation land, ... Lorenzo Brooks and Samuel Hamilton look back and reflect on their time In the heart of the justice system lies an issue that intertwines with the fabric of society: the prevalence of private prisons and the ...