A Failed System

This Voices of Hope Productions film illustrates the difficulties many ex-prisoners encounter after having paid their debt to society and release from prison. Incarcerating nonviolent drug offenders in New Jersey prisons to the tune of $39,000/inmate per year is not making our communities safer. We pay half that amount to send a child to school. The film also addresses several unfair and unjust practices that make it impossible for ex-prisoners to become productive citizens causing a revolving door of incarceration. We cannot simply continue to do nothing.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• activism
• Nonprofits
• prisoner
• re-entry
• citizenship
• incarceration
• legislation
• public policy
• social justice
• violence counting the costs

[ryn1sa]

$40,000 per inmate?!? That's nutz. Prison-industrial complex, indeed. Nice work, y'all!