Overincarceration of US citizens, and the flawed policies underlying this appalling human tragedy, are examined in Incarcerating US. [Dir: Regan Hines/ 84 min/ Documentary/ Law & Liberty, Legalize Drugs]
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“Certainly, there is a need to separate criminals from the general population, but the wholesale use of jail time as a long-term solution for low-level offenders, with minorities overwhelmingly targeted, needs re-evaluation. Incarcerating US is a thoroughly compelling examination of why this is so. Easily consumable and passionately presented, it is an intelligent argument for reform.”
–ThatMomentIn.com
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“In October 2013, the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world, at 716 per 100,000 of the national population. While the United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world’s population, it houses around 22 percent of the world’s prisoners.”
–Wikipedia
“In our first 200 years as a nation, our federal prison system had grown to 25,000. That number has multiplied by a factor of eight just in the past 30 years.”
–National Review