The House I Live In 2012 Movie

From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy. More details

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Eugene Jarecki David Simon Shanequa Benitez William Julius Wilson

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documentary u.s. mexico border despair american history judge federal judge narcotics criminal justice drug imprisonment prison criminal sentencing drug law social class recidivism police brutality overcriminalization ostracism othering pecuniary interest northern migration punitiveness social policy private prison prison industrial complex business interest penal industry marginalization structural unemployment drug use incarceration disproportionality vilification justice system injustice u.s. sentencing commission jurist criminalization fear mongering moral panic political opportunism wealth disparity public policy government policy redlining structural racism federal housing act ghettoization new jim crow jim crow racial control social control pretext scapegoating race baiting prejudice xenophobia criminality public health prison warden prison guard law enforcement officer asset forfeiture conflict of interest juking the stats probable cause due process police profiling drug rehabilitation reference to richard nixon political exploitation ghetto school to prison pipeline inopportunity poverty underground economy black market mass market street crime counterculture 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s institutional racism racial inequality law and order prison system court system drug crime drug addiction mandatory sentence demonization propaganda inner city drug trade mass incarceration methamphetamine marijuana opium powder cocaine cocaine heroin archive footage drug criminalization illegal drugs funding cut drug epidemic law enforcement public enemy number one vicious cycle drug war jail sentence jail law minority suppression crack cocaine racism government regulation civil rights sundance film festival war on drugs

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