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Day 18: Incarceration
Today we will discuss the impact of racism in the incarceration of communities of color in the United States. Building on Day 16's discussion on education and the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration of targeted demographics, especially Black men, has an effect not only on the incarcerated individuals but on entire racial groups, their communities, and future generations.

TODAY’S CHALLENGE:

IF YOU HAVE:
Read this article about "American History, Race and Prison" to see how people of color, in both the North and the South, were disproportionately incarcerated from the 1840's until today.
Watch this TED Talk with human rights lawyer, Bryan Stevenson as he discusses the layers of the criminal justice system and why a third of the country's Black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their life.
Review Prison Policy Initiative's compelling charts that illustrate the vast racial disparities in general prison populations, pretrial prison populations, sentencing, and homelessness, poverty and unemployment after release.
Listen to Trauma-Informed Los Angeles' podcast: Healing and Transformation After Incarceration. Through an anti-racist lens, T.I.L.A. explores what it means to heal, how we care for one another, and the expansive ways to embody health and wellbeing. Their webinars highlight panelists with lived experience, sharing their insights on healing, activism, and collective liberation.

BONUS activity: Watch13th on Netflix - Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
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