Name: Jessica Dam

Source #____ Childress, Sarah (2014, April 29). Todd Clear: Why Americas
Bibliography Mass Incarceration Experiment Failed. Retrieved from
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/todd-clear-why-americ
(MLA or APA)
as-mass-incarceration-experiment-failed/

Annotation: This PBS article discusses how the country has gone from a
(Describe ALL info. that prison population of 200,000 in the 1970s to roughly 1.2
million in the 21st century. The U.S. has the highest
might be important for
incarceration rate in the world, and this isnt something to
your paper. Explain to
boast about; the way the justice system is going has only
the reader and/or worsened situations in neighborhoods that need crime
summarize what might reductions. It is not just prison time that is a problem, it is what
be found in this source) comes afterwards such as denying people with drug offenses
public housing and taking fathers away from family.

Potential Quotes: I think there is a general sense right now that we have built a
(Are there any beast that has to be unbuilt, and people are trying to figure out
how we do it.
significant quotes you
can use or paraphrase
from this source?)

Assessment: This is from pbs.org, a reputable website, and the article is an

(Analyze and explain interview with Todd Clear of Rutgers University. He specializes
in the study of criminal justice.
why this source is
credible)

Reflection (not the Many of the prisoners in prison are from low-income, often
summary): African-American, communities, and this article explains how
while they must be punished for their crimes, the justice
(How will you potentially
system still has not been effective.
use it?)
Childress, Sarah (2014, April 29). Todd Clear: Why Americas Mass Incarceration Experiment
Failed. Retrieved from
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/todd-clear-why-americas-mass-incarceration-experime
nt-failed/

Americas criminal justice system is broken, but politics often gets in the way of reforming it. The
article provides great insight and statistics that backs the findings that Americas mass
incarceration creates more broken communities and creates a future of children more likely to
commit crimes. Focusing more on mental and drug rehabilitation would create a healthier, more
stable community for places already high on crime. The quote, I think there is a general sense
right now that we have built a beast that has to be unbuilt, and people are trying to figure out
how we do it reveals that many do not believe high incarceration is an issue, when it really is;
we must figure out a way to reform the criminal justice system to make it more just. The source
is reputable because it is from pbs.org, and the person interviewed studies criminal justice at a
renowned university. I will use the information I learned to help me correlate enforcement,
poverty and crime.