Self-led Learning
The following are collections of articles, videos, and books that are the first step in seeing beyond the reality that the dominant culture believes is the only reality.
Learning asks us to change – so that the world might be a place where all are free to thrive.
Learning asks us to change – so that the world might be a place where all are free to thrive.
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About 2.27 million people are incarcerated in the United States. Many prisoners are in jail because of mental health issues or substance abuse problems, problems that are only made worse by jail time and especially by solitary confinement.
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With so many people suffering from mass incarceration, it stands to reason that change is needed. We can help by providing solidarity for prisoners, but also we wish to call for reform. What is the best way to attack the problems?
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Frequently, people who are incarcerated do not have enough resources to succeed or survive in the outside world. Job discrimination against people with a record is a real obstacle, and it can be hard to find housing and other resources as well.
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While cruelty has been a hallmark of prisons for a long time, the prison industrial complex has grown and evolved, becoming an racially oppressive equivalent to Jim Crow. Read below about the history of the evolution of prisons, as well as the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971.
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