LA Beyond the Bars

A series to examine the impact of higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated people, as well as the transformative power of prison education- UCLA

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Poetry slam Tuesday 1/12 6-8pm in James Bridge Theater! Event proceeds to fund the women of CIW-Check out this flier

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Save the Date - Beyond the Bars: Connecting the Struggles - March 4th-6th @labeyondthebars @bryonnbain https://t.co/u9Yn8zVZp0

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Check out our partners @bryonnbain and the newly launched @labeyondthebars at @UCLA!

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Kicked off LA BEYOND THE BARS TODAY at UCLA! w/James Anderson, Debbie Mukamal, Rebecca Silbert & Justin Christopher @ARC @labeyondthebars

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Did you know? Victoria's Secret & Starbucks are just two among the many companies that use prison labor for their products.

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"Broad based coalition is necessary to divest in this form of modern day slavery" - Bryonn Bain

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"We need to disinvest in private prisons" - Debbie Mukamul offering a way to resist the prison industrial complex

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"This is not a criminal justice system. It is a criminal production system"

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Digital literacy is critical in underserved communities. However it can not replace personal high quality education for incarcerated persons

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Our nation was built on slavery and genocide. How can we blame violence on those black & brown populations most historically affected?

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"Our prison and jail systems have become de facto mental health institutions" - Rebecca Silbert

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"It is on us to make the reentry process more humane for people formerly incarcerated" - Debbie Mukamal

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"Education says to prisoners that they are worthy. They have not just been thrown away"- Rebecca Silbert

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"Youth should never be confined. Youth should be in their communities surrounded by resources" - James Anderson

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"The ideology of punishment is systematically oppressive" Is this how we want a democratic nation to operate?

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"Mass incarceration is not the only issue...there are other underlining issues that allow prisons to operate as a form of oppression" - JC

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Her quote was in response to the question "Why should we care about educating prisoners?"

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"96% of incarcerated persons will be coming home...education lowers recidivism...education is a right that we all have" - Debbie Mukamal

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"Pay to educate not to incarcerate"