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#SinceIBeenDown
Trailer
Since I've Been Down | 2:10 | 2020 | HD
Audio language: English
Subtitles language: English
SINCE
I BEEN
DOWN
TRAILER
SINCE I BEEN DOWN spotlights Kimonti Carter and follows a wide group of prisoners as they break free from their fate and create a model of education that is transforming their lives, their communities, our prisons, and humanity.
Clips
Mass
Incarceration
Bryan Hershman,
Mary Flowers
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In the history of Western civilization, the United States is the only country to allocate this many resources to imprisoning its own citizens.
Since I've Been Down | 0:43 | 2020 | HD
Audio language: English
Subtitles language: English
Since I've Been Down | 1:47 | 2020 | HD
Audio language: English
Subtitles language: English
T.E.A.C.H
Introduction
Touré Zimbabwé, Andre
Parker, Jeri Boe, Fay Gingell
When the prison education system prioritizes those with 7 years or less on their sentence, those outside of that category take matters into their own hands.
1986 Crime Law: Getting caught with 5 g of crack can lead to 5 years in prison. Getting caught with 500 g of powder cocaine can lead to probation.
​Tonya Wilson
Re-entry coordinator, The Freedom Project
Kimonti Carter
Former President of Black Prisoners' Caucus and Founder of T.E.A.C.H (taking education and creating history)
Virginia Parham
Founder of Families Shoulder to Shoulder
With a picture of her son Willie Nobles
Washington State Reformatory Prison Yard