The Other Side of the Wall

More than 85% of the U.S. prison population have networks that consist of friends and families who have now become their sole supporters. These volunteer advocates are often unacknowledged, seldom heard, and barely considered as they perform much needed compassionate measures for prisoners who, more than likely, will return to our own communities, our own neighborhoods and in some cases, back to prison or jail. In this fourth and final session of the URMI 2021 series, Dr. Sharon Brooks Green will delve deeper into the catastrophic event of mass incarceration and speak of its effects from the perspective of an experienced and educated supporter of the imprisoned. Together, she and participants will explore how society has "glorified" and "glossed over" the heavy responsibility assessed to the person "on the other side of the wall."