Justina Almodovar

Land of opportunity

The Stats

2.2 million Americans are in prison right

now

Prison population thirty years ago was

1/8th the current size

Population of incarcerated women in

California is now double the nationwide

women’s prison population in 1970

The Profiteers

Federal & State government will contact 3 companies

Corrections Corporations of America (CCA)

GEO Group, Inc.

Management and Training Corporation

Companies are financed by:

Investors

Banks

Other corporations

How?

Media

Exploits harmful stereotypes

Public becomes aggressive on strict policing

and mass imprisonment

Fear of Crime

Companies lobby government to expand

policies

Lengthen sentences to keep people in longer

War on Drugs

Now nearly 50% of prisoners are in for drug

offenses

Result

Prisons take up more space

Less funding to government programs

○ Education

○ Welfare

Prioritizing punishment and security

Does not bring any actual justice

The goal is to fill cells

Make more prisons

The Sentencing Project

Change the way Americans see crime

and punishment

Aims to reduce reliance on incarceration

Raise awareness of trends and inequality in

the criminal justice system

Promote other solutions:

Prevention, intervention and re-entry

Red hook, Brooklyn

Red Hook Community Court

Single judge hears court cases

Relies on rehabilitation programs rather than

prison

73% compliance with court order

50% better than traditional NYC courts!

Sentencing project: Facebook page

Promote situations like Red Hook

Daily posts on statistics reports, social

awareness and different alternatives

Promote other organizations that provide

service

Largely spreads information on reform

New laws passed

Bills that need support

Message is strong and clear