Books

Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York: The New Press, 2012.

Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration, et. Al. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States. National Academic Press, 2014.

Stuntz, William J. The Collapse of American Criminal Justice. Bellknap Press, 2013.

Davis, Angela Y. Are Prisons Obsolete? New York: Seven Stories, 2003.

Richie, Beth. Arrested Justice Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation. New York: New York UP, 2012.

Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy. Penguin Random House Company, 2014

Moran, Brian E. The Justice Imperative: How Hyper-incarceration Has Hijacked the American Dream : A Collaborative Examination of Connecticut's Criminal Justice and Corrections System. Malta Justice Initiative, 2014.

Hunter, Daniel, and Michelle Alexander. Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow: An Organizing Guide. Denver, Colo.: Veterans of Hope Project, 2015.

The New Jim Crow Study Guide and Call to Action. The Veterans of Hope Project Publication, 2012.

Gilmartin, Kevin. Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement. E-S Press, 2002.

Myers, Walter Deen. Monster. New York: Harper Collins, 1999. (Juvenile Fiction novel)

Websites

The United States Sentencing Commission: http://www.ussc.gov/ The United States Department of Justice: http://www.justice.gov/ The Sentencing Project: http://www.sentencingproject.org/template/index.cfm Justice Fellowship: http://www.justicefellowship.org/ Justice Policy Institute: http://www.justicepolicy.org/index.html Prison Policy Initiative: http://www.prisonpolicy.org/ Detention Watch Network: http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/ Equal Justice Initiative: http://www.eji.org/ Justice Center, The Council of State Governments: http://csgjusticecenter.org/ Just Leadership USA: https://www.justleadershipusa.org/ Nation Inside: http://nationinside.org/ Vera Institute of Justice: http://www.vera.org/

Articles The Atlantic: The Leader of the Unfree World – http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/the-leader-of-the-unfree- world/374348/#ixzz3959SYki9 The Hamilton Project: Ten Economic Facts about Crime and Incarceration in the United States – http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/ten_economic_facts_about_crime_and_incarceration _in_the_united_states/ Times: L.A. County board to vote on court-ordered mental health treatment law – http://www.latimes.com/local/countygovernment/la-me-lauras-law-20140714-story.html : End Mass Incarceration Now – http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/opinion/sunday/end-mass-incarceration-now.html?_r=1 The New York Times: In the U.S., Punishment Comes Before the Crimes – http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/business/economy/in-the-us-punishment-comes- before-the-crimes.html The New York Times: Crack as a Scapegoat – http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/16/opinion/crack-as-a-scapegoat.html The New Yorker: The Caging of America – http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/30/the-caging-of-america?currentPage=all Prison Planet: Mass Incarceration: 21 Amazing Facts About America’s Obsession With Prison - http://www.prisonplanet.com/mass-incarceration-21-amazing-facts-about-americas-obsession- with-prison.html Smithsonian Magazine: Why Mass Incarceration Defines Us As a Society – http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/why-mass-incarceration-defines-us-as-a- society-135793245/?all&no-ist Vice News: The Mass Incarceration Problem in America – https://news.vice.com/article/the- mass-incarceration-problem-in-america : Charting the shocking rise of racial disparity in our criminal justice system – http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/15/charting-the-shocking- rise-of-racial-disparity-in-our-criminal-justice-system/ PoliceOne.com: Anti-police protestor undergoes use of force scenario training - http://www.policeone.com/use-of-force/articles/8097484-Video-Anti-police-protester- undergoes-use-of-force-scenario-training/ New York Times: The cop mind - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/opinion/the-cop- mind.html?_r=0 Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law: Increased incarceration had limited effect on reducing crime over two decades - https://www.brennancenter.org/press- release/new-report-increased-incarceration-had-limited-effect-reducing-crime-over-two- decades

Videos Democracy Now: Questlove on Police Racial Profiling, Stop & Frisk, the Message He Took From Trayvon Martin Verdict – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNWzGVvLPd0 NPR/WOSU: Mass Incarceration: The Social and Economic Costs – http://wosu.org/2012/allsides/mass-incarceration-social-economic-costs/

PBS: Slavery By Another Name http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/home/ PBS: MLK 2011 Tribute: Heal the World | Keynote Address – http://video.pbs.org/video/1748253821/ Rand Paul Review: Rand Paul and Cory Booker slam America’s mass incarceration – http://www.randpaulreview.com/2014/07/rand-paul-and-cory-booker-slam-americas-mass- incarceration/ Frontline - Prison State http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/locked-up-in- america/#prison-state 20/20: A Nation of Women Behind Bars http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/diane-sawyer- takes-inside-nation-women-bars-29239952

NBC: Children Behind Bars: American Youth Violence http://www.msnbc.com TED talk: Brian Willis, The most dangerous weapon in law enforcement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwC-RHsC6gw TEDx Talks: The future of race in America: Michelle Alexander at TEDxColumbus – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ6H-Mz6hgw TEDx Talks: We Need to Talk About an Injustice: Bryan Stevenson http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice?language= en TEDx Talks: The Hidden Reason for Poverty the World Needs Now: International Justice Mission’s Gary Haugan https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_haugen_the_hidden_reason_for_poverty_the_world_needs_ to_address_now?language=en Sick, Tired and Behind Bars in Ohio (incarceration & mental illness) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiFl6GKqiC0&feature=youtu.be Elevating the Issue – Mass Incarceration, From Prison to Pulpit: http://summitforchange.com/portfolio-item/elevating-the-issues-mass-incarceration/

Film: End of Watch - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1855199/

Film: Take - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815138/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Film: The House I Live http://www.thehouseilivein.org

FIlm: Broken on all sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New visions for criminal justice in the US http://brokenonallsides.com/

Film: The Throwaways http://throwawaysmovie.com/

Film: Children In Prison - Locked Up For Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLrlajvhUaQ

Film: Alone - Teens in Solitary Confinement http://csgjusticecenter.org/youth/publications/alone-teens-in-solitary-confinement/

Film: Women Behind Bars http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/faultlines/2013/09/women- behind-bars-201393010326721994.html

Television: Southland - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1299368/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Television: Young Kids, Hard Time http://info.msnbc.com/_news/2011/11/09/8718742-msnbc- calamari-productions-present-young-kids-hard-time?lite

Resources for small groups:

Sojourner’s Summit for Change downloadable study guide for Mass Incarceration: http://summitforchange.com/portfolio-item/elevating-the-issues-mass-incarceration/