Event #3

Cynthia Davila

3-27-14

Event #3

Today I attended a documentary that pretty much is focusing on what my group is focusing on. The C.A.P.E. Group stands for Citizens Advocating for Pre-trail Expansion and focuses on trying lowering cost of bail bonds and alternatives and the problem that there is so much over population in the jails and a lot of the people in prison caused such little crimes. Also many people are held for longer than needed which pretty much causes a back up in the nails. We watched a movie called "Broken On All Sides." It focuses on mass incarceration across the nation and the intersection of race and poverty writhing criminal justice. It advocates change around the overcrowding of the Philadelphia county jail system. It provided me with interesting facts such as how much incarcerated Americans increased so drastically since 1920! Also I knew stereotypically and now as fact, there are more black in jail than Hispanic and white males almost put together. Something that really bothered me and quickly caught my attention was when it showed a clip of cops brutally hitting a black male and he was so helpless raising his hands for them to stop and they continued to hit him while people around screamed to stop. It was a very interesting movie that I plan on sharing with my friend because she is totally into petitioning for this very same reason. I liked that this documentary aims directs to answer questions and provoke questions on issues brought upon by people out in the public. I am so glad I had free time to attend this movie ! I got very lucky with the group I am in because after watching more and more interviews going on, it makes me so interested to hear peoples personal experience. I loved listening to the activists Khalid Abdul Rasheed and Theresa Shoatz! I will continue to further explore into cases and interviews on people that are on different sides of the criminal justice system.