CNN premiering new film "American Jail"

As detailed at this link, CNN Films will premiere on Sunday, July 1 at 8 pm on CNN a feature titled "American Jail." Here is the website's brief description of the film: "In this provocative and personal film, Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams explores the forces that fuel America's sprawling prison system." The film weblink has additional content assembled, including links to these short excerpts from the film:

• She's in jail for 6 months over $545

• One missed payment put him back behind bars

CNN also has this new article headlined "5 facts behind America's high incarceration rate," and here are the "5 facts" this article reports:

• Most inmates are held in state prisons and local jails -- not federal prisons.
• In many cities and states, money often decides who stays in jail and who gets out.
• The 'war on drugs' isn't solely to blame for mass incarceration.
• Once you're in the criminal justice system, it's often difficult to get out.
• Minorities are still overrepresented in the prison population, but racial and ethnic gaps are shrinking.

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