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 Dufresne’s 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