Hampshire Students Against Mass Incarceration

Mission Statement
HSAMI is an action and education based initiative, seeking to combat mass incarceration and discrimination within the criminal justice system and police state through encouraging critical dialogues and fostering direct connections with imprisoned individuals and the communities affected by incarceration.

Mass Incarceration, and the Prison Industrial Complex that supports it, exists as a detrimental system of oppression in society that has continued to grow in power and acceptability. As student activists we occupy a platform idealized for challenging and redeveloping knowledge and hold a responsibility to take informed action when addressing the complexity of Mass Incarceration’s impact within our dynamic society. We aim to create a community at Hampshire that places knowledge foremost when taking action on issues that pertain to mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex. We wish to develop members of this community who will become active in the national movement to dismantle the current prison system, blending theory and practice. Ultimately, we hope to create a space for those most affected by mass incarceration to shape effective change through the power held within higher education.

Events
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Past: Second Annual Prison State Conference Spring 2015 First Annual Prison State Conference Spring 2014

9 March - Justice for Ayyub ~ FBI Entrapment and Islamophobia