Books and Essays

Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice Author: Adam Benforado

Understanding Mass Incarceration: A Peoples Guide to Understanding the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time Author: James Kilgore

Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women Authors: Sue Burton and Cari Lynn

An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse: An Essay on Prison Reform from an Insider’s Perspective Author: Jens Soering

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Author: Michelle Alexander

Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores Author: Dominque Gilliard

Accounting for Violence Author: Danielle Sered (free download)

Blogs

Prison Policy Initiative

Vera Institute of Justice

Movies and Videos

The House I Live In (2012)

13th - Netflix (2016)

The War on Drugs is an Epic Fail - Jay Z

Mass Incarceration in the US - Vlogbrothers

Who Will Lead Our Next Civil Rights Movement? You. - Adam Foss TEDxMidAtlantic

A Prosecutor’s Vision for a Better Future - Adam Foss TED2016

We Need to Talk About Injustice - Bryan Stephenson TED2012

The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice - Daniel Reisel TED2013

The Future of Race in America - Michelle Alexander At TEDxColumbus

The Three E’s of ReEntry - Nicholas Crapser TEDxHumboldtBay

Podcasts

Serial Season 3 - a down and dirty look at the complexities of our criminal justice system

In the Dark Season 1 - the case of Jacob Wetterling reveals so much about our national fear and how it has helped to form harsh sex offender policies.

Decarceration Nation- A podcast about radically re-imagining America’s criminal justice system, was created by Joshua B. Hoe to help bring attention to the need for criminal justice reform.

Reformed: A Criminal Justice Podcast - An 11 episode podcast series exploring the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, and criminal justice reform. Created by Anna M. Teitler.