Inmates and Prison Officials Agree: “The House I Live In” Documentary Exposes The Failures of The U.S. War On Drugs Policy (Video)

August 15, 2013

HEADLINE: Inmates and Prison Guards AGREE on Failures of the Drug War!

Above is a behind-the-scenes teaser for a screening for Eugene Jarecki’s documentary “The House I Live In.” The venue: Joseph Harp Correctional Center (Lexington, Oklahoma, USA). Making a documentary at a jail… sure. But viewing it there, that’s different. But you know drug enforcement policy is more than a bit *messed* up if the C.O.’s and the prisoners can agree that it is!

See clips from the film (executive producers: Brad Pitt, John Legend, Russell Simmons and Danny Glover) after the jump. VERY interesting…

DOCUMENTARY: THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (ITUNES)

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“I think sometimes we have people doing a whole lot of time for not very much crime. It’s almost like they’re paying for our fear, instead of paying for their crime.”

Mike Carpenter, Oklahoma Prison Officer

“Yep. I f*cked up. But I don’t think I should die for it. I have life without parole, which means I’ll stay in prison ’til I die. That’s a death sentence…”