ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice

Past event
Jun 24, 2018, 3 to 4:30 PM

Campaign for Smart Justice - ACLU Vermont
Sunday, June 24 at 3:00 pm

The U.S. represents just 4% of the world's population, yet locks up nearly 25% of the world's prisoners.

Nationwide, Black and Latinx communities are over-represented in the system. Vermont's incarceration rate has followed national trends and incarcerates African American men at a higher rate than any other state.

ACLU Vermont is part of the Campaign for Smart Justice — a national initiative that seeks to cut the number of people in prison by half through innovative and necessary reforms. In this forum, led by Nico Amador, Ashley Sawyer, and Katrina Battle:

Learn about a variety of solutions to this problem.
Watch a screening of three short films that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, telling the first-hand stories of three people who have been incarcerated.
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