America has the highest incarceration rate of any nation, with almost 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Statistically, nearly one in 100 Americans is doing time, and, according to the prison reform group, The Sentencing Project, “More than 60% of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. For Black males in their thirties, 1 in every 10 is in prison or jail on any given day. These trends have been intensified by ...
June 9, 2017The toxic impact of prisons extends far beyond any individual prison.
May 12, 2017Reading her life story will change the way you view the world.
June 23, 2016The four stories hit similar notes yet individually explore the powerful struggles of the wrongly convicted.
April 28, 2015In a region dominated by coal companies and privatized prisons, activist Amelia Kirby charts a new path for her community.
December 20, 2013 | Moyers & CompanyLawyer and activist Michelle Alexander tells Bill about an emerging movement that aims to end mass incarceration and its impact on America.
December 20, 2013 | Moyers & CompanyBill Moyers introduces Susan Burton who turned her life around after serving time for drug-related felonies and now helps formerly-incarcerated women rebuild their lives.
December 20, 2013Michelle Alexander explains how she came to understand that the racial caste system in America has not ended, it's just been redesigned.
December 20, 2013Mass incarceration has become a form of legalized discrimination that makes it more difficult for millions to participate in basic aspects of our democracy.
December 18, 2013In a moving post, journalist Chris Hedges recounts his experience teaching writing to 28 prisoners at a maximum-security prison.
