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Autumn, Annalis, Adam and Ava speak on the phone with Cindy in the documentary "The Sentence." (HBO)

Mother's story in 'The Sentence' indicts US criminal justice system

Movie review: Documentary focuses on the mandatory sentence that Cindy Shank received for the drug crimes of a former boyfriend, and how the severity of it affected her family.

Justice Action Bulletin: Stay of deportation; opposing prison corporations

By Maria Benevento
Artwork for the National Black Theatre/Hi-ARTS production of Liza Jessie Peterson's "The Peculiar Patriot"

'The Peculiar Patriot' indicts a racist US prison system

By Retta Blaney

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