On Second Thought For Thursday, August 25, 2016

A new report by the Vera Institute of Justice found women are the fastest growing incarcerated population in the United States. The number of women in local jails is almost 14 times what it was in the 1970s. We examine what’s driving this trend and the unique challenges women face behind bars with Elizabeth Swavola, Senior Program Associate at the institute and one of the study’s authors, Priscilla Fennell, former Georgia inmate and activist, and Sara Totonchi, the Executive Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights. 

Plus, the documentary “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” tells the story of 18 athletes who represented the United States at the 1936 Olympic Games. Among the athletes were two Georgians. They defied Jim Crow and Nazi Germany to compete in the games, which took place in Berlin. The documentary will screen this weekend at the Bronze Film Festival in Atlanta. We speak with filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper and former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell about the athletes and the hardships they faced.