culture
Punishment TV
We are fighting to end carceral reality TV—including shows such as ‘60 Days In’—because no one should profit from punishment.
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We are fighting to end carceral reality TV—including shows such as ‘60 Days In’—because no one should profit from punishment.
The San Quentin Film Festival offered a feel-good image of prison life—one far removed from the reality faced by most incarcerated Californians.
“Art is not a leisure activity. Art is a redemptive, powerful, meditative, actionable force within a person—within a human being.”
Mass incarceration rests on false narratives that carceral institutions themselves control. But some of us are fighting back.