After watching 13th documentary fill the blanks and answer the essay question(3-5 Paragraph).

The U.S. accounts for 5% of the world’s population, but ______% of the world’s prisoner population.

The _______^th amendment designated that it was unconstitutional to be held as a slave, with the exception of _________________.

Prison population in 1970: __________________

Prison population in 1980: __________________

Prison population in 1985: __________________

Prison population in 1990: __________________

Prison population in 2000: __________________

Prison population in 2014: __________________

The following laws contributed to the growing incarceration rate from the 1970s to 2000s:

§three strikes laws = ___________________

§___________________ (must serve 85% of sentence)

§___________________ (responsible for expansion of prisons and the funds to build them, as well as militarization of police)

What law prevented the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin? _________________________

____________________________ (CC) of American was the first for profit, private prison company in the U.S.

The following device is fronted as a way to reduce the prison population, but disproportionally keeps poor, minorities prisoners of their home: ___________________________

In Maryland, to afford a 10 minute phone call to a prisoner, one has to work ___________ hours earning minimum wage.

In America, corporations profit off of cheap, forced labor through _________________.

________% of the black male population of Alabama has permanently lost their right to vote because of ______________________.

The first sitting president to visit a prison was ________________________.

The lifetime likelihood of imprisonment for white men is 1 in ______, but the lifetime likelihood of imprisonment for black men is 1 in ______.

“Police violence, that isn’t the problem in and of itself. It’s a reflection of a much larger and brutal system of racial and social control known as _________________________________, which authorizes this kind of police violence.” – Michelle Alexander

What are your general thoughts and reactions to this documentary? What did you learn about race and society? (3-5 paragraphs)