Reentry Event at Main Library downtown Akron on Saturday, December 16th @ 11am-1pm
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Posted on December 6, 2017
UPCOMING REENTRY EVENT AT
MAIN LIBRARY, 60 SOUTH HIGH ST., AKRON
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH
11:00AM – 1:00PM
Reentry in Motion: Life Without Parole
Main Library Room 2AB
The U.S. is the only country in the world that sentences youth to Life Without Parole. This sentence not only affects the incarcerated individual and victim, but the whole community. The choice to allow youth to receive the harshest available sentence is not shared among all states. Thirty states allow the sentence; Ohio is one of them. This program presents a film that challenges inequalities in the U.S. juvenile justice system by depicting, through documentation and reenactment, the stories of five individuals who were sentenced to Life Without Parole as youth. Reentry material and handouts provided.
For more information, please contact the Library @ 330-643-9020
