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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.38,0:00:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three, seven, eight,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.84,0:00:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two, four,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.47,0:00:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zero, three, seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.11,0:00:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hodge.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.54,0:00:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three seven eight two four\Nzero three seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.62,0:00:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to prison; that was my federal\Ninmate registration ID.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.20,0:00:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing that happens when you go\Nto prison is they take away your name,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.38,0:00:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from that moment forward,\Nyou're that number.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.82,0:00:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hodge; three seven eight\Ntwo four zero three seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.19,0:00:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the beginning of the dehumanizing\Nexperience of mass incarceration.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.43,0:00:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2001, I was a businesswoman.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.58,0:00:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My organization and I became investigated.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.12,0:01:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to trial believing\Njustice would prevail,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.27,0:01:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead I was originally given\Nan 87 month federal prison sentence,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.12,0:01:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a first time, non-violent,\Nwhite collar offence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.03,0:01:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to that,\NI received three years probation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.54,0:01:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, like so many of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.67,0:01:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't aware of mass incarceration\Nuntil it visited my doorstep.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.38,0:01:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had family members\Nwho went to prison, distant relatives,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.20,0:01:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and friends who had gone to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.72,0:01:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But prison was something\Nthat happened to other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.96,0:01:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was in prison, I wasn't Theresa.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.94,0:01:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't Irma and Charlie's daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.24,0:01:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't Darcelle,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.94,0:01:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charlene, Tammy, or Latanya's sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.60,0:02:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't even Lauren's mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.07,0:02:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was Hodge; three seven eight\Ntwo four zero three seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.51,0:02:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2006, was when I was convicted,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.49,0:02:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had six months to prepare\Nfor going to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.70,0:02:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of funny\Nwhen I think about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.79,0:02:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because how do you really\Nprepare to go to prison?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.08,0:02:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did it, and I still\Ndon't know how I did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.88,0:02:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother, my four sisters,\Nand my daughter and I,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.02,0:02:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we got in two cars, we left Maryland,\Nand we headed to West Virginia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.28,0:02:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alderson Federal Prison Camp;\Nthe first federal prison for women.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.17,0:02:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was established in 1927.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.74,0:02:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is, everything about a prison\Nwas designed for a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.86,0:02:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was in the parking lot,\NI had three big concerns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.82,0:03:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one, I was afraid I would never\Nsee the women who took me to prison again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.11,0:03:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was facing six years inside the prison,\Nand death was a possibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.66,0:03:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was very fearful of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.62,0:03:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing was, I was concerned,\Nwould I be relevant again?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.59,0:03:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would I find meaning in my life,\Nprofessionally or personally?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.91,0:03:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third fear was for my safety.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.52,0:03:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.80,0:03:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Television had informed me\Nup to this point,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.57,0:03:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I was afraid of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.31,0:03:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that I possibly would have to fight\Nmy way through prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.15,0:03:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that I could be raped.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.90,0:03:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somewhere on television,\Nthat stuck in my mind as a possibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.14,0:03:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is, "Orange\Nis the New Black" was not out yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.22,0:03:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't have anything\Nelse to inform me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.71,0:03:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I arrived in prison,\Nwhat I discovered was something different.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.89,0:04:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found amazing women\Nwho too were in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.19,0:04:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prison is kind of a microcosm\Nof the rest of the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.25,0:04:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a combination of everybody,\Nwith one exception:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.77,0:04:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have more black and brown men\Nwho are incarcerated.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.74,0:04:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's 2.3 million people\Nin American prisons today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.76,0:04:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America has 5% of the world's population\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.88,0:04:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 25% of the world's prisoners.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.100,0:04:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number of women imprisoned\Nfrom 1980 to 2011 has increased by 586%.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.74,0:04:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, there are 200 000 women\Nwho are in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.92,0:04:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and another one million who are under\Nsome form of correctional supervision.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.04,0:04:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three million children\Nwho have a mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.58,0:04:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe a mother\Nand father, who's in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.58,0:05:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is, we are incarcerating\Ntoo many people for too long.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.42,0:05:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two years into my prison sentence,\NI received a sentence reduction,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.09,0:05:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my prison sentence \Nas reduced to 70 months.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.54,0:05:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's five years and ten months.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.94,0:05:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news for me at the time\Nwas I had already served over two years,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.99,0:05:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whereas when I first walked in,\NI wasn't sure if I could do the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.27,0:05:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at this moment, I actually knew\NI could go the distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.87,0:05:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I was really excited,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.30,0:05:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had about two and a half years\Nto go when this happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.48,0:05:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it was time to leave prison,\NI was really excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.51,0:05:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, to be honest, I was afraid again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This time I wasn't afraid\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.46,0:05:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes\Nto the women who I met.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.59,0:05:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was afraid when I was leaving\Nwhat would happen to many of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.68,0:05:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of them didn't have\Nthe support system I had;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.32,0:06:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was concerned that they were going back\Nto under-resourced communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.74,0:06:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a support system like mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.52,0:06:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.58,0:06:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many wouldn't be able to reconnect\Nback to society in a meaningful way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.02,0:06:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never met a woman who was lying\Non her bunk saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.18,0:06:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can't wait to go back to prison."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.18,0:06:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's absolutely no way of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.81,0:06:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, 70% of people who go to prison,\Nwithin three years return.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.00,0:06:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not just an indictment\Nof our government,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.81,0:06:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an indictment of all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.90,0:06:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because at the end of the day,\Nwe've made coming home entirely too hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.72,0:06:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.82,0:06:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually one of the worst things\Nthat happened to me since I came home,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.69,0:06:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is the one thing\Nthat motivates me the most.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.38,0:06:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I was preparing to start\Nthis business with my daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.62,0:06:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed to get a job\Nto just pay a few of the bills.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.02,0:07:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had managed to keep\Nmy overhead extremely low,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.48,0:07:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was determined\NI wouldn't allow prison to ruin my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.58,0:07:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to be an entrepreneur again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.44,0:07:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A girlfriend of mine\Ncalled me, and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.65,0:07:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think I've found a job that you can do\Nwhile trying to start this business."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.69,0:07:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said "Okay", and she sent me a link,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.63,0:07:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took a look at it, and I agreed;\Nit looked like a job I actually could do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.83,0:07:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be working from my home,\Nusing my computer, and my internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.84,0:07:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do some back office work\Nfor an organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.72,0:07:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It paid probably slightly\Nabove minimum wage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.46,0:07:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went online\Nand I applied for the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.55,0:07:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put in my name, my address,\Nmy phone number,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.41,0:07:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very basic information.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.31,0:07:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, the question appeared;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.58,0:08:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dreaded question that those of us\Nwith an arrest or conviction fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.36,0:08:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have you ever been convicted of a crime?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.20,0:08:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took a deep breath,\Nand I checked "Yes", and I hit "enter".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.56,0:08:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The screen went black.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.27,0:08:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then a message appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.83,0:08:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.54,0:08:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Something you answered\Ndisqualified you for this job."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.97,0:08:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I knew it wasn't my name.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.12,0:08:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.12,0:08:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew it wasn't my address,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.09,0:08:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was pretty obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.29,0:08:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's so much going on\Nin the news around "Ban the Box";
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.75,0:08:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a real life example\Nof ban the box.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.35,0:08:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the reason why the box needs to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.53,0:08:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not even the right conversation\Nwe should be having.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.64,0:09:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We shouldn't be allowing employers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.97,0:09:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discriminate\Nagainst millions of Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.61,0:09:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keeping them locked into sentences\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.93,0:09:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mistakes they [made] five, ten,\Nfifteen, thirty years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.74,0:09:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't even have the right conversations\Naround the right to work
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.76,0:09:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we ban the box.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.79,0:09:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as you hear all of this going on,\Npay attention to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.61,0:09:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we need people\Nwho are coming home from prison
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.16,0:09:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have their human capital restored,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.08,0:09:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can be good mothers\Nand fathers, good community members.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.70,0:09:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take care of their families.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.90,0:09:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we all do?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.57,0:09:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have a role to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.67,0:09:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.31,0:09:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.97,0:09:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.63,0:10:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop using the word "ex-offender",\N"ex-felon", "convict".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.83,0:10:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are referring to someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.30,0:10:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're not sure what\Nto say, say their name.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.77,0:10:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second thing: on Wednesdays,\Ntake five minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.36,0:10:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read an article, learn about this topic,\Nshare it on social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.58,0:10:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk to someone about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.17,0:10:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third thing:\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.34,0:10:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're an employer, employ someone;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.58,0:10:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give them a second chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.89,0:10:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a legislator,\Nhumanize this topic.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.09,0:10:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bring people in, talk to them,\Nget to know them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.38,0:10:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can assure you\Nthat if you get to know people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.27,0:10:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you won't feel like you need\Nto discriminate against them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.93,0:10:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last: for me, I stand firmly in my shoes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.11,0:10:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I embrace the 14 years\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.23,0:10:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was in conflict\Nwith the criminal justice system.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.13,0:11:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have incorporated\Nthat experience into who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.97,0:11:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today it's neatly tucked into me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.90,0:11:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a part of my past.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.31,0:11:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not three, seven, eight,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.03,0:11:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two, four, zero,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.49,0:11:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three, seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.82,0:11:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am Theresa Hodge.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.51,0:11:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.99,0:11:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)