The Real Costs of Prisons Project – Response Assignment

Learning Unit: The Prison Systems and the Black Family
The Real Costs of Prisons Project – Response Assignment
Assignment Guidelines:
· Read graphic comic: (Respond to #1-3 in Bullet points, #4-6 in complete sentences)

1. List 3 statistics that you learned from the ‘Prisoners of a Hard Life: Women & Their Children’ (Bullet points)
2. 2 things that you learned from the ‘Prisoners of a Hard Life: Women & Their Children’ educational comic. (Bullet points)
3. What is the connection between abuse and incarceration among women?
4. List 1 reason you think this information is important to know and/or share with others.
5. List 3 solutions and/or alternatives to mass incarceration.
6. Critical Thinking and Connection Question: How do you think the expansion of the prison system has reshaped and affected the African American family in particular? Think of the similar and also distinct ways it affects men and women.