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The general topics listed below collectively highlight a small sampling of sources covering topics related to incarceration, such as: the economic costs, incarcerated population data, individual and family stories, societal and family impacts, reentry difficulties, legislative hurdles, and human dignity and compassion.
This 2018 documentary by Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams continues to be an urgent reminder that the criminal justice system’s use of pretrial detention, driven by unaffordable bail, functions as a form of poverty punishment that destabilizes families, skews case outcomes, and perpetuates racial and economic inequality. To illustrate this point Williams uses a mix of reporting, courtroom footage, interviews, and personal stories.