What is the current state of our criminal justice system? How do we compare to the rest of the world? What’s the prison industrial complex? Tune in to have your questions answered about a “crucial” system that helps maintain “law and order,” in our country and many more!
References/Resources:
Prison Industrial Complex Definition | Merriam-Webster
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024 | Prison Policy Initiative
Families in disbelief after hundreds of bodies found buried behind Mississippi Jail | PBS News Hour
‘The law is clear’: Families of deceased inmates missing organs demand answers | WVTM13
The United States Criminalizes People Who Need Health Care and Housing | Vera
Recommendations:
The 13th (Netflix Documentary)
60 Days In (TV Series)
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Equal Justice Initiative
Angela Davis’s Collected Works
