Beyond the Bars: A Yearlong Focus on Incarceration starts Tuesday February 18th with “Lost In Detention”

The yearlong series is a program of events that will span the spring and fall semesters of 2014 aimed at raising consciousness and engaging students, faculty and community members in dialogue around issues of incarceration and criminal justice.  The series will begin with a screening of Lost In Detention, a Frontline Documentary that “explores the secretive world of immigration detention and examine the Obama administration’s controversial get-tough immigration policy.” The screening will be followed by a Q&A with with director and producer Rick Young and award winning journalist and correspondent Maria Hinojosa.   The series will continue with Beyond the Bars: Breaking Through, the 4th annual criminal justice conference organized the Criminal Justice Caucus and The Justice Initiative at Columbia University.  For more information about the rest of the spring programming click here.