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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.87,0:00:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never been arrested,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.98,0:00:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never spent a night in jail,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.86,0:00:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never had a loved one\Nthrown into the back of a squad car
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.71,0:00:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or behind bars,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.39,0:00:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or be at the mercy of a scary,\Nconfusing system
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.85,0:00:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that at best sees them with indifference,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.92,0:00:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at worst as monstrous.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.46,0:00:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United States of America locks up\Nmore people than any other nation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.25,0:00:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.68,0:00:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Louisiana is our biggest incarcerator.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.30,0:00:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of you are probably like me --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.20,0:00:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.38,0:00:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The closest we get to crime and punishment\Nis likely what we see on TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.10,0:00:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While making "Unprisoned,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.46,0:00:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met a woman who used to be like us --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.78,0:00:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sheila Phipps.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.57,0:00:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Sheila Phipps:\NBefore my son went to jail,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.13,0:00:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to see people be on television,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.13,0:00:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting, saying, "Oh, this person\Ndidn't do it and this person is innocent."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.94,0:00:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, you snub them\Nor you dismiss them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.68,0:00:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like, "Yeah, whatever."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.73,0:00:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get me wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.90,0:01:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a lot of people\Nwho deserve to be in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.43,0:01:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of criminals out here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.27,0:01:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are a lot of innocent\Npeople that's in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.44,0:01:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: Sheila's son, McKinley,\Nis one of those innocent people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.73,0:01:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He served 17 years of a 30-year sentence\Non a manslaughter charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.61,0:01:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had no previous convictions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.43,0:01:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was no forensic\Nevidence in the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.04,0:01:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was convicted solely\Non the basis of eyewitness testimony,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.17,0:01:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decades of research have shown
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.35,0:01:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that eyewitness testimony\Nisn't as reliable
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.25,0:01:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we once believed it to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.75,0:01:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists say that memory isn't precise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.12,0:01:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's less like playing back a video,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.58,0:01:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more like putting together a puzzle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.100,0:01:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since 1989, when DNA testing\Nwas first used to free innocent people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.51,0:01:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 70 percent of overturned convictions\Nwere based on eyewitness testimony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.78,0:01:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.11,0:01:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the district attorney whose office\Nprosecuted McKinley's case
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.02,0:02:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was convicted of unrelated\Ncorruption charges.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.93,0:02:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When this district attorney\Nof 30 years stepped down,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.79,0:02:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the eyewitnesses\Nfrom McKinley's case came forward
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.74,0:02:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said that they had been pressured\Ninto testifying by the district attorneys,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.22,0:02:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pressure which included\Nthe threat of jail time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.46,0:02:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite this, McKinley is still in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.10,0:02:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) SP: Before this happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.00,0:02:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never would've thought it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.48,0:02:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And well, I guess it's hard\Nfor me to imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.14,0:02:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these things is going on, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.72,0:02:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until this happened to my son.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.50,0:02:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really opened my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.62,0:02:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really, really opened my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.09,0:02:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ain't gonna lie to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.85,0:02:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: Estimates of how many innocent\Npeople are locked up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.99,0:02:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,range between one and four percent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.70,0:02:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which maybe doesn't sound like a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.73,0:02:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except that it amounts\Nto around 87,000 people:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.94,0:02:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mothers, fathers, sons locked up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.34,0:02:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often for decades,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.71,0:02:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for crimes they did not commit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.94,0:03:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's not even counting\Nthe roughly half a million people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.04,0:03:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been convicted of nothing --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.29,0:03:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those presumed innocent,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.19,0:03:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who are too poor to bail out of jail
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.05,0:03:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore sit behind bars\Nfor weeks upon months,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.93,0:03:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for their case to come to trial --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.12,0:03:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or much more likely,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.83,0:03:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting to take a plea just to get out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.74,0:03:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of those people\Nhave family on the outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.09,0:03:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Kortney Williams: My brother\Nmissed my high school graduation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.54,0:03:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the night before,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.82,0:03:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he went to jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.34,0:03:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brother missed my birthday dinner
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.61,0:03:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that day, actually,\Nhe went to jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.31,0:03:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brother missed his own birthday dinner
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.17,0:03:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he was in the wrong place\Nat the wrong time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.65,0:03:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) EA: So all these times\Nwhen he ended up going to jail,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.77,0:03:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were charges pressed\Nor did he just get taken to jail?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.32,0:03:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KW: The charges would be pressed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.90,0:03:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would have a bond posted,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.95,0:03:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the charges will get dropped ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.94,0:03:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there was no evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.25,0:03:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: I met Kortney Williams\Nwhen I went to her college classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.23,0:03:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk about "Unprisoned."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.74,0:04:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She ended up interviewing her aunt,\NTroylynn Robertson,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.16,0:04:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an episode.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.23,0:04:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) KW: With everything\Nthat you went through
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.73,0:04:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your children,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.91,0:04:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is any advice that you would give me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.91,0:04:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I had any kids?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.83,0:04:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Troylynn Roberston:\NI would tell you when you have them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.08,0:04:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know the first thing\Nthat will initially come to mind is love
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.16,0:04:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and protection,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.16,0:04:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.68,0:04:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even much with the protection\Nto raise them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.79,0:04:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with knowledge of the judicial system --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.52,0:04:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, we always tell our kids\Nabout the boogeyman,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.12,0:04:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bad people, who to watch out for,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.14,0:04:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't teach them\Nhow to watch out for the judicial system.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.36,0:04:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: Because of the way\Nour criminal legal system
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.06,0:04:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disproportionately targets\Npeople of color,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.72,0:04:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not uncommon for young people\Nlike Kortney to know about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.49,0:04:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started going into high schools\Nto talk to students about "Unprisoned,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.36,0:04:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found that roughly one-third\Nof the young people I spoke with
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.88,0:05:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a loved one behind bars.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.50,0:05:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Girl: The hardest part\Nis like finding out where he's at,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.77,0:05:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or like, when his court date is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.76,0:05:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girl: Yeah, he went to jail\Non my first birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.42,0:05:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girl: My dad works as a guard.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.44,0:05:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw my uncle in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.53,0:05:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's in there for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.43,0:05:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: According to the Annie E.\NCasey Foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.13,0:05:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of young people with a father\Nincarcerated rose 500 percent
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between 1980 and 2000.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.45,0:05:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over five million of today's children\Nwill see a parent incarcerated
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.38,0:05:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point in their childhoods.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.80,0:05:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this number disproportionately\Naffects African American children.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.25,0:05:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time they reach the age of 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.97,0:05:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one in four black children\Nwill see their dad go off to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.20,0:05:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's compared to a rate\Nof one in 30 for white children.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.19,0:05:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One key factor determining the future\Nsuccess of both inmates and their children
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.29,0:06:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is whether they can maintain ties\Nduring the parent's incarceration,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.67,0:06:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but prisoners' phone calls home\Ncan cost 20 to 30 times more
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.03,0:06:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than regular phone calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.91,0:06:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many families\Nkeep in touch through letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.17,0:06:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording: Letter being unfolded)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.38,0:06:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anissa Christmas: Dear big brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.61,0:06:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm making that big 16 this year, LOL.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.93,0:06:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guess I'm not a baby anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.62,0:06:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You still taking me to prom?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.25,0:06:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really miss you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.52,0:06:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're the only guy\Nthat kept it real with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.48,0:06:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish you were here so I can vent to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.70,0:06:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much has happened since\Nthe last time I seen you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.85,0:06:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Voice breaking up) I have some good news.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.93,0:06:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won first place in the science fair.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.79,0:06:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a geek.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.00,0:06:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to regionals,\Ncan't you believe it?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.30,0:06:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,High school is going by super fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.89,0:06:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In less than two years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.10,0:06:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you'll be able to see me\Nwalk across the stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.41,0:06:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought to write to you\Nbecause I know it's boring in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.34,0:06:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to put a smile on your face.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.80,0:06:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anissa wrote these letters to her brother
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.10,0:06:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she was a sophomore in high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.35,0:07:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She keeps the letters he writes to her\Ntucked into the frame
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.30,0:07:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of her bedroom mirror,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.50,0:07:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reads them over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.00,0:07:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to think\Nthat there's a good reason
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.14,0:07:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why Anissa's brother is locked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.54,0:07:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all want the wheels of justice\Nto properly turn,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.62,0:07:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're coming to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.46,0:07:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the lofty ideals we learned\Nin school look really different
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.00,0:07:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our nation's prisons\Nand jails and courtrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.94,0:07:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Danny Engelberg: You walk\Ninto that courtroom and you're just --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.54,0:07:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been doing this for a quite a while,\Nand it still catches your breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.10,0:07:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like, "There are so many\Npeople of color here,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.66,0:07:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet I know that the city is not\Nmade up of 90 percent African Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.65,0:07:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why is it that 90 percent\Nof the people who are in orange
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.17,0:07:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are African American?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.35,0:07:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) EA: Public defender Danny\NEngelberg isn't the only one noticing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.93,0:07:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many black people\Nare in municipal court --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.15,0:07:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in any court.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.32,0:07:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to miss.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.52,0:07:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's sitting in court\Nwaiting to see the judge?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.82,0:07:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.04,0:07:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Man: Mostly\NAfrican-Americans, like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.54,0:07:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: It's mostly, I could say,\N85 percent black.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.82,0:08:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all you see in the orange,\Nin the box back there, who locked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.24,0:08:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Who's waiting? Mostly black.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.66,0:08:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, there was a couple\Nof white people in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.16,0:08:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: I think it was about\N85 percent African-American
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.76,0:08:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was sitting there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.92,0:08:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: How does a young black person\Ngrowing up in America today
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.76,0:08:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come to understand justice?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.70,0:08:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another "Unprisoned" story\Nwas about a troupe of dancers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.86,0:08:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who choreographed a piece\Ncalled "Hoods Up,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.20,0:08:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which they performed\Nin front of city council.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.83,0:08:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dawonta White was in the seventh grade\Nfor that performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.99,0:08:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Dawonta White: We was wearing\Nblack with hoodies because Trayvon Martin,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.20,0:08:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was wearing his hoodie,\Nhe was killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.51,0:08:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we looked upon that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.89,0:08:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we said we're going to wear\Nhoodies like Trayvon Martin.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.73,0:08:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) EA: Who came up\Nwith that idea?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.87,0:08:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DW: The group. We all agreed on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.56,0:08:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a little nervous,\Nbut I had stick through it though,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.33,0:08:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I felt like it was a good thing\Nso they could notice what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.60,0:08:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) EA: Shraivell Brown\Nwas another choreographer and dancer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.82,0:08:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in "Hoods Up."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.08,0:08:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says the police criticize\Npeople who look like him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.67,0:09:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He feels judged based on things\Nother black people may have done.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.06,0:09:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would you want\Nthe police to look at you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.21,0:09:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what would you want them to think?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.05,0:09:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SB: That I'm not no threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.37,0:09:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: Why would they think\Nyou're threatening?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.44,0:09:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did you say, you're 14?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.87,0:09:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SB: Yes, I'm 14, but because he said\Na lot of black males
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.07,0:09:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are thugs or gangsters and all that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.06,0:09:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't want them thinking\Nthat about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.86,0:09:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: For folks who look like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.62,0:09:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the easiest and most comfortable\Nthing to do is to not pay attention --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.95,0:09:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assume our criminal\Nlegal system is working.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.62,0:09:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it's not our responsibility\Nto question those assumptions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.12,0:09:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose responsibility is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.00,0:09:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a synagogue here that's taken on\Nlearning about mass incarceration,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.74,0:09:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many congregants have concluded
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.84,0:09:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that because mass incarceration\Nthrows so many lives into chaos,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.02,0:09:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually creates more crime --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.24,0:09:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes people less safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.69,0:09:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congregant Teri Hunter says
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.66,0:10:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first step towards action\Nhas to be understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.47,0:10:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says it's crucial for all of us\Nto understand our connection to this issue
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.02,0:10:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's not immediately obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.10,0:10:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Teri Hunter:\NIt's on our shoulders
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.30,0:10:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that we're not\Njust closing that door
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.88,0:10:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saying, "Well, it's not us."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.84,0:10:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think as Jews, you know,\Nwe've lived that history:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.22,0:10:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's not us."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.04,0:10:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if a society\Ncloses their back on one section,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.73,0:10:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've seen what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.44,0:10:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it is our responsibility as Jews
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.65,0:10:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as members of this community
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.24,0:10:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to educate our community --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.45,0:10:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least our congregation --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.38,0:10:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the extent that we're able.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.48,0:10:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EA: I've been using\Nthe pronouns "us" and "we"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.76,0:10:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is our criminal legal system
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.78,0:10:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.58,0:10:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We elect the district attorneys,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.78,0:11:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the judges and the legislators\Nwho operate these systems
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.84,0:11:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for we the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.68,0:11:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a society,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.99,0:11:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are more willing to risk\Nlocking up innocent people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.61,0:11:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we are to let guilty people go free.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.19,0:11:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We elect politicians\Nwho fear being labeled "soft on crime,"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.72,0:11:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encouraging them to pass harsh legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.74,0:11:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allocate enormous resources\Ntoward locking people up.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.45,0:11:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a crime is committed,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.14,0:11:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our hunger for swift retribution\Nhas fed a police culture
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.92,0:11:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bent on finding culprits fast,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.78,0:11:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often without adequate resources\Nto conduct thorough investigations
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.32,0:11:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or strict scrutiny\Nof those investigations.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.93,0:11:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't put checks on prosecutors.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.51,0:11:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Across the country,\Nover the last couple of decades,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.67,0:11:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as property and violent crimes\Nhave both fell,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.79,0:11:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of prosecutors employed\Nand cases they have filed has risen.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.34,0:12:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prosecutors decide\Nwhether or not to take legal action
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.07,0:12:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the people police arrest
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.12,0:12:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they decide what charges to file,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.15,0:12:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly impacting how much time\Na defendant potentially faces behind bars.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.71,0:12:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One check we do have\Non prosecutors is defense.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.94,0:12:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine Lady Liberty:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.66,0:12:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blindfolded woman holding the scale
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.10,0:12:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meant to symbolize the balance\Nin our judicial system.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.85,0:12:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, that scale is tipped.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.48,0:12:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The majority of defendants in our country
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.64,0:12:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are represented by\Ngovernment-appointed attorneys.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.05,0:12:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These public defenders\Nreceive around 30 percent less funding
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.20,0:12:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than district attorneys do,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.97,0:12:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they often have caseloads\Nfar outnumbering
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.15,0:12:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the American Bar\NAssociation recommends.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.47,0:12:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Sheila Phipps said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.36,0:12:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are people who belong in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.31,0:12:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's hard to tell\Nthe guilty from the innocent
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.84,0:12:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when everyone's outcomes are so similar.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.60,0:12:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all want justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.83,0:13:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with the process weighed\Nso heavily against defendants,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.36,0:13:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,justice is hard to come by.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.38,0:13:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our criminal legal system\Noperates for we the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.53,0:13:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we don't like what's going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.89,0:13:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is up to us to change it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.20,0:13:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.37,0:13:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)