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.
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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)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Self
George H. W. Bush
Self
Charles B. Rangel
Self
Booth Gardner
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Brown
Self
Pete Wilson
Self
Bill Clinton
Self
Joe Biden
Self
Chuck Schumer
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Newt Gingrich
Self
George W. Bush
Self
Rand Paul
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Eric Holder
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Paul Ryan
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Cory Booker
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Barack Obama
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