Indie Lens Pop Up Screenings & Conversations:

APART 

by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

Film Resources:

• Women are the fastest-growing segment of the prison population. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/32HTR5L
• There is a widespread opioid crisis in the United States. Read more about this public health crisis here: https://bit.ly/311Vo5Z
• A 2016 study found that nearly 1.5 million children have a parent who is incarcerated. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3qslFDo
• Earned release programs incentivize people who are incarcerated to earn early release, or parole, through good behavior, among other factors. Programs vary across the U.S. See here for the state-by-state breakdown: https://bit.ly/32AyV0m
• Read more about the impact of incarceration on children here: https://bit.ly/3z5D6O4
   

Local Resources: 

• Project Return https://www.projectreturnmilwaukee.org/
• The Way Out https://www.twout.org/
• Just Dane https://justdane.org/
• The Wisconsin Decarceration Platform https://www.wisdp.com/
• The Community Now https://thecommunitynow.us/
• FREE Campaign https://expowisconsin.org/free-campaign/
• Marquette Education Preparedness Program https://www.marquette.edu/urban-research-teaching-outreach/education-preparedness-program.php
• The Next Chapter https://www.nextchapterproject.org/
• The Last Mile https://thelastmile.org/
• MATC – Community Education ( includes MATC Right Path and Second Chance Pell Grant programs)  https://www.matc.edu/academics/community-education/index.html