Chapter 14 Toolkit: Prison
America's Modern Slavery: Dismantling the Prison-Industrial Complex
What to Read
1 . The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
2 . Dear Martin by Nic Stone
3 . The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
4 . Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
What to Watch
1 . 13th
2 . If Beale Street Could Talk
3 . When They See Us
4 . The House I Live In
5 . The Innocence Files
Organizations to Support
1 . The Innocence Project
2 . Reform Alliance
3 . Books Through Bars
4 . The Sentencing Project
5 . Know Your Rights Camp
6 . The Center for Young Women’s Development
7 . Children of Inmates
8 . Vera Institute of Justice
9 . Alabama Women’s Resource Network
10 . A New Way of Life Reentry Project
11 . The Center for Young Women’s Development
12 . Power Inside
13 . Women and Prison: A Site for Resistance
What You Can Do
1 . Sign petitions that push for reform
2 . Call and write representatives to let them know that you stand for responsible criminal justice policies and police accountability
3 . Stop and record police making arrests of people of color.
4 . Know your rights and share them with others to help protect communities from dangerous encounters with the law
Keep The Conversation Going
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