Learn About Incarceration in Vermont from ACLU Vermont

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

Campaign for Smart Justice – ACLU Vermont
Sunday June 24 at 3pm at Rokeby Museum

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.

Learn about a variety of solutions to this problem at Rokeby Museum this Sunday at 3pm.

The presentation includes 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: Lavette Mayes, Jason Hernandez and Johnny Perez.

$5. admission fee or free with museum admission

Rokeby Museum
4334 Route 7
Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
802.877.3406

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