STATES OF INCARCERATION

States of Incarceration focuses on the past, present, and future of incarceration, exploring the explosion of prisons and incarcerated people in the US — including immigration detention centers — and its global dimensions. States of Incarceration brings together a national community of over 800 people in 18 states who together created a traveling exhibit, web platform, and series of public dialogues. Teams of students and people directly affected by incarceration in these cities each explore a history of incarceration in their own community.

 

To learn more about partnership opportunities, explore our resources below and visit the States of Incarceration website. 

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Local partners:​

• Teach a course on the history of incarceration nationally/globally as well as in your local community, using
  SOI teaching resources.

• Lead students to collaborate with others directly impacted by incarceration outside the college/university to
  curate a new “chapter” of SOI about a history of incarceration in your state/community, using SOI design
  template and workplan, for inclusion in physical and digital SOI exhibit.

• Host exhibit at a local venue.

• Host public dialogues around exhibit.

• Pay digital and physical exhibit design/fabrication fee.

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Partners or their local venues should be prepared to assume costs of local hosting, including community partnerships, public programs, and exhibit installation costs.

 

HAL provides:​

• Teaching resources on both subject and methodology, including readings and other media on incarceration histories, speakers bureau, and guidelines and models for community collaboration/co-curation and dialogue facilitation.

• Week-by-week curation work plan, providing guidelines for how to work with your team to produce a “chapter”
  within a one or two semester sequence.

• Design guidelines and options for media and formats for both physical and digital exhibits.

• Design files and material specifications and instructions for production of additional local exhibits.

• Digital and physical exhibit design and production.

• Exhibit shipped and insured.

• Public program designs.

• Communications package and support for publicizing local events.

• Web platform for student reflections on States of Incarceration blog.

• Convenings with other national partners, with opportunities for students, faculty, and community partners to exchange work and experiences.

 

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