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DIGNITY for Incarcerated Women
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The Prisoner's Dilemma: Life on the Outside
MUSIC ADDRESSING MASS INCARCERATION
Common - Letter to the Free ft. Bilal
Listen closely to his lyrics (beginning at 1:00) as Common sings about the realities of the incarceration system in the U.S.
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HIGHLIGHTED INTERVIEWS
Rahsaan D. Hall
ACLU Massachusetts
Mr. Hall is the Director of Racial Issues at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. This interview focuses mostly on his ideas about solitary confinement.
Scott Ruesher
BU Prison Ed
Scott Ruescher has been teaching an English class through the Boston University Prison Education Program at MCI Norfolk for the past 16 years. This interview focuses on the BU Prison Ed Program, and how it positively affects the prisoners, and fights stigma.
Stacey Borden and Gretchen Shay Moor
Stacey Borden is the founder and president of New Beginnings Reentry Services, and a substance abuse counselor. Gretchen Shae Moore is a professor of mass incarceration at Cambridge College and Berkeley College of Music. She is also a board member of New Beginnings and plays in a band. In a set of videos, Borden and Moor speak about women and minorities in America's prison system, in Europe, and their own personal stories.
Arthur Bembury
The Partakers College Behind Bars Program
Arthur Bembury is the executive director of The Partakers College Behind Bars mentoring program that helps people in prison develop the necessary skills to complete a college degree and build personal relationships. This interview discusses the Partakers Program, and how important lowering the recidivism rate is.