College Behind Bars Film Screening and Discussion
Out of the more than 50,000 men and 2,500 women incarcerated in New York state, only a tiny fraction have access to higher education. College Behind Bars explores the transformative power of education through the eyes of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees -- and a chance at new beginnings -- through one of the country’s most rigorous prison education programs. It’s a program with wide-ranging benefits, including lower rates of recidivism, and it challenges our prioritization of punishment over education. A film by Lynn Novick.
Panel Participants:
Dyjuan Tatro, Bard Prison Initiative Alum
Julia Lourie, Advancement Officer, Bard Prison Initiative
Elizabeth Nevins, Clinical Professor and Attorney-in-Charge, Criminal Justice Clinic, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
SM Rodriguez, scholar-activist and Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Hofstra University Criminology Program
Moderated by Liena Gurevich, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Hofstra University Criminology Program
In collaboration with the Department of Sociology; Criminology Program; and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law.
Presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center
Presented in conjunction with the series The Legacy 1619-2019, recognizing the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to North America and the ongoing experience of African Americans.
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center
This event is free, but registration is required. Please RSVP by using the RSVP for this Event link.
Wednesday, March 04, 2020
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