VIDEO: On The Outs: Reentry for Inmates with Disabilities
On The Outs: Reentry for Inmates with Disabilities is a short documentary produced by the Amplifying Voices of Inmates with Disabilities (AVID) Prison Project. On The Outs follows three inmates with various disabilities, including vision impairment, brain injury, and mental illness, through the stages of the reentry process.
About the Film
The film is intended to raise awareness about people with disabilities in prison, inspire communication about much-needed reentry reform, and encourage collaborative relationships among inmates, prison systems, advocates, and other interested stakeholders to address this issue.
Discussion Guides
On the Outs Discussion Guide – PDF version
On the Outs Discussion Guide – Word version
On the Outs Discussion Guide – Plain Text version
AVID Prison Project Reports
From Hospitals to Handcuffs, September 2020
Wasted Time, February 2017
Access Denied, January 2017
Cruel But Not Unusual, November 2016
Prescription for Change, October 2016
You Can’t Just “Tell”, September 2016
Locked Up and Locked Down, September 2016
The AVID Jail Project and SCORE, August 2016
The Need for Accessible Voting in Jail, August 2016
Making Hard Time Harder, June 2016
County Jails, Statewide Problems, April 2016
Awards
Slamdance Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, (In) Justice for All Film Festival, 2018
Media for a Just Society Award
Official Selection for Social Justice Film Festival 2017
Official Selection for Superfest International Disability Film Festival 2017
