Green River LibGuides: The US Carceral System & Injustice: System-Impacted Families

Suggested Resources

Many Families Struggle to Pay for Phone Calls with Loved Ones in U.S. Prisons
NBC News report, Lindsey Pipia, Dec. 31 2019
Making a Phone Call from Behind Bars Shouldn’t Send Your Family into Debt
Sylvia A Harvey, Politico, 09/29/2020
The Hidden Cost of Incarceration - The Marshall Project
The Spiral Effect of Incarceration: Bridging the Gap between Inmates and Families
GVRL: Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, 2017
Incarceration
GVRL: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Families, Marriages, and Intimate Relationships 2019
Marshall Project: Families of the Incarcerated
Link to current articles about and by family members of incarcerated people

Prison: The Hidden Sentence
Podcast & Blog: "Those on the outside are doing time too."
Prison, My Family, and Me
"This documentary film examines what it is like for family members when a loved one gets on the wrong side of the law."

We Got Us Now
A National Organization Built by, Led by and About Children of Incarcerated Parents
Vera Institute of Justice - Strengthenilng Families & Communities
Essie Justice Group
A "nonprofit organization of women with incarcerated loved ones taking on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration."
Families against Mandatory Minimums FAMM
"FAMM’s mission is to create a more fair and effective justice system that respects our American values of individual accountability and dignity while keeping our communities safe."
Families for Justice as Healing
"Families for Justice as Healing is led by incarcerated women, formerly incarcerated women, and women with incarcerated loved ones. Our mission is to end the incarceration of women and girls. "