The Road to Mass Incarceration (2018)
This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the effects often took decades to manifest, each of these policy shifts increased the rate of incarceration in the U.S. The video ends with many of the architects of these changes, Democrats and Republicans alike, admitting the failure of these policies and suggesting that it is time for real change.
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Barry Goldwater as Self (archive footage) |
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Hubert H. Humphrey as Self (archive footage) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage) |
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Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage) |
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Nelson Rockefeller as Self (archive footage) |
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Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage) |
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Nancy Reagan as Self (archive footage) |
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Jesse Jackson as Self |
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George H. W. Bush as Self |
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Charles B. Rangel as Self |
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Booth Gardner as Self (archive footage) |
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Jerry Brown as Self |
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Pete Wilson as Self |
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Bill Clinton as Self |
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Joe Biden as Self |
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Chuck Schumer as Self |
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Newt Gingrich as Self |
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George W. Bush as Self |
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Rand Paul as Self |
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Eric Holder as Self |
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Paul Ryan as Self |
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Cory Booker as Self |
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Barack Obama as Self |