Educational Resources

Books and Audiobooks

• Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson

• The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander

• 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement, Keramet Reiter

• Writing My Wrongs, Shaka Senghor

• All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated, Nell Bernstein

• Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women, Susan Burton

• Until We Reckon, Danielle Sered

• The Master Plan, Chris Wilson

Films/documentaries/videos

• 13th

• The Return

• Time: The Kalief Browder Story

  explores the case of Kalief Browder, a teen who spent three brutal years at Rikers without trial or prosecution

• Oprah's recent 60 Minutes piece on Pelican Bay

• Marshall Project vignettes of individuals impacted by the criminal justice system

  The Marshall Project is also an excellent source of general news, information, and investigative reporting on the criminal justice system

• The Redemption Project with Van Jones

Podcasts

• Invisibilia, The Personality Myth

• Ear Hustle

  a podcast produced by two individuals currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and a Bay Area artist

• Stay Tuned with Preet

• Criminal (In)Justice

Articles

• My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard

  a Mother Jones article about a reporter that went undercover as a private prison guard in Louisiana

• Buried Alive: Stories From Inside Solitary Confinement

  GQ article about solitary confinement

• Programs Keep Inmates from Returning to Prison: NPR