Channels: Stories From The Niagara Frontier



Prisoners Are People Too! (2007)
Filmmaker: Doug Ruffin & Karima Amin
Organization: Prisoners Are People Too!



"Prisoners Are People Too!" [by Doug Ruffin & Prisoners Are People Too] compiles interviews with reformed offenders and prison justice workers, including Prisoners Are People Too! founder Karima Amin, to highlight the often overlooked issues facing prisoners and previously incarcerated individuals.

Prisoners Are People Too, Inc. will educate the community about issues surrounding incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals with emphasis on the humanity of both the victim and the offender.

Doug Ruffin is a documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on the history and culture of the East Side in Buffalo.


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