The Road to Mass Incarceration

Plot Summary

This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the effects often took decades to manifest, each of these policy shifts increased the rate of incarceration in the U.S. The video ends with many of the architects of these changes, Democrats and Republicans alike, admitting the failure of these policies and suggesting that it is time for real change.

Top Cast

Barry Goldwater Self (archive footage)

Hubert H. Humphrey Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon Self (archive footage)

Nelson Rockefeller Self (archive footage)