PRISON NATION

Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex

June 7 - 28, 2009

c.a.f.e. infoshop
935 F Street
Fresno, CA 93706
559-367-6020

June 7 - 28, 2009

c.a.f.e. infoshop
935 F Street
Fresno, CA 93706
559-367-6020

The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world-over 2.3 million inmates. Since the 1970s, the rate of most serious crimes has dropped, yet prisons have been filled at double capacity. People of color, the poor, the illiterate, the mentally ill, youth, and women are the primary occupants. This growth is due to mandatory drug sentencing laws, conspiracy provisions, a dysfunctional parole system, inadequate legal representation, and huge profits made by the multinational corporations servicing the prisons. The posters in Prison Nation cover issues surrounding the system of mass incarceration including: racial disparity in sentencing, the death penalty, the Three Strikes law, women's right to self defense, access to education and health care, the growing rate of incarceration, slave labor, divestment, privatization, torture, and re-entry into the community. They show the power of art to educate and inspire people to action.

Many of the selections on display at the info shop will be available for sale.

For more information contact the California Prison Moratorium Project at www.calipmp.org or www.myspace.com/capmp

Posters from CSPG's Prison Nation are on display inconjunction with a June workshop series and statewide coalition march on June 15, 2009 sponsored by:

Prison Nation is available to travel and will soon be available as an online exhibition on CSPG’s website.

This exhibition is funded in part by the
Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles