The Exile Nation Project - Nora Callahan reads letters from prisoners
Channel: Charles Shaw
Date: 2011-07-07

The Land of the Free punishes or imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation. This collection of testimonials from criminal offenders, family members, and experts on America's criminal justice system puts a human face on the millions of Americans subjugated by the US Government's 40 year, one trillion dollar social catastrophe: The War on Drugs; a failed policy underscored by fear, politics, racial prejudice and intolerance in a public atmosphere of "out of sight, out of mind."

This complete 90 interview is #4 of 100 in The Exile Nation Project's archive, which can be found on ExileNation.org or on Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/26090120. 

THE NOVEMBER COALITION

Founded in 1997, the November Coalition is a not for profit educational foundation whose membership represents citizens from all walks of life who find themselves questioning the motivation and ever increasing militarization and imprisonment behind the United States War on Drugs.

In this clip, Founder Nora Callahan reads some of the letters the November Coalition receives from desperate inmates seeking re-entry assistance, and liken the experience of many offenders to the Salem Witch Trials.