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In the documentary, The 13th, the filmmaker examines the explosion of incarcerated persons in the U.S. since the 1980s. She identifies several changes to drug and crime laws at the state level, as well as federal legislation that significantly contributed to this mass incarceration. Discuss TWO of these changes.

          In the documentary, The 13th, the filmmaker examines the explosion of incarcerated persons in the U.S. since the 1980s. She identifies several changes to drug and crime laws at the state level, as well as federal legislation that significantly contributed to this mass incarceration. Discuss TWO of these changes.
        
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In the documentary, The 13th, the filmmaker examines the explosion of incarcerated persons in the U.S. since the 1980s. She identifies several changes to drug and crime laws at the state level, as well as federal legislation that significantly contributed to this mass incarceration. Discuss TWO of these changes.
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00:01 Hello students, in this question we have been told that our first critical response will be our response to the film 13 by eva duarne that deals with criminal justice system criminal justice system and the prison industrial complex pic.
00:30 We have to describe this film and use the articles post on i learn by dr.
00:38 Aguayo, inequality in the criminal justice system and jeffrey raymond, the richer get the rich get richer and the poor get prison.
00:58 Jeffrey raymond also incorporates some of the discussions about prison system discussed in the chapter and the other films that can be watched.
01:10 So first this documentary explores the history of racial injustice or inequality racial inequality in the us and how it has been perpetuated through the criminal justice system and the prison industrial complex.
01:37 The film argues that the 13th amendment which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude has been exploited to allow mass incarceration of black people in america.
02:01 The film also highlights the profit -driven nature of the pic profit -driven pic and where the corporations benefit from the imprisonment of individuals leading to a cycle of poverty and inequality.
02:30 If we have to incorporate the articles, dr.
02:35 Aguayo's article discusses how race, class, gender intersect to create disparities in the criminal justice system...
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