How The Shawshank Redemption Humanizes Prisoners

Help me make more videos On a narrative level The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about the power of hope in the face of extraordinary hardship. But underpinning Andy Dufresnes story we also find a blistering critique of the prison system and criminal justice policy in the United States. RESOURCES How to support male survivors: Just Detention International: Statistics and facts about sexual violence: Criminal Justice and Prison Facts: REFERENCES Ava DuVernay s documentary The 13th: Watch The 13th on Netflix: The Race Gap in US Prisons: Biden s Crime Bill Speech