Please watch PBS Video: Ken Burns Presents: “College behind Bars” (4 episodes) on Netflix. As a combination assignment, you have watched all four episodes of “When They See Us” and now “College behind Bars” on Netflix. In your reflective journal entry, you will write a 5 page reflection on the following:
When the young men left prison what were some of the stereotypes and perceptions they faced when they returned home. Were they able to get jobs, an education, housing, how did their families perceive them?
Find two current peer-reviewed journal articles that discusses the economic problems men and women face when they leave jail/prison. Current journals should be based in the U.S. and between the years 2011 and 2021. Incorporate the readings in your assignment
What can we do as a society to decrease these barriers?