WATCH: Would Putting Me in Prison Serve the Common Good?

Mass incarceration in our country is a problem, one that too often serves to line the pockets of for-profit prisons while tearing families apart and targeting people of color disproportionately.
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The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world -- about 1.6 million people in 2010. Mass incarceration in our country is a problem, one that too often serves to line the pockets of for-profit prisons while tearing families apart and targeting people of color disproportionately.

Beyond Bars -- a project to curb mass incarceration in the U.S. -- produced the following video that puts faces to that problem. Watch the moving video below, and ask yourself the question: would putting them in prison serve the common good?

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This video is Part 3 of our Common Good Video Series. To see the first two and to join the discussion, visit The Common Good Forum.

Jim Wallis is CEO of Sojourners. His book, On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving the Common Good, is now available. Watch the Story of the Common Good HERE. Follow Jim on Twitter @JimWallis.

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