National Exhibition Venue Hartford Public Library and UConn Library at Hartford Public Library, Hartford, CT / Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Public Dialogues and Events
| March 11 – April 18, 2019

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States of Incarceration exhibit at the Hartford Public Library, an event sponsored by the National Council on Public History.

A representative from Connecticut's ACLU Smart Justice initiative speaks to community members at the "Encounters" dialogue series at the Hartford Public Library.

A display of artwork created by people incarcerated in several of Connecticut's correctional facilities.

"The Prison and its Past," an exhibition that appeared alongside States of Incarceration at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on the Storrs campus of the University of Connecticut. The exhibition is a collection of ephemera, art, and writing from inside Connecticut's prisons and surrounding the development of the carceral state in Connecticut.

A display of artwork created by people incarcerated in several of Connecticut's correctional facilities.

“I am a public defender. Everyday, I see the profound and devastating effects of our oppressive system in which judges and prosecutors use incarceration to threaten people to give up their constitutional rights and plead guilty.” — Exhibition Visitor

“Thank you for the excellent exhibit - the powerful art and words. How can each of us do something to make things better? What ways can we come together across our differences to create what’s good for most of us, not just a few.” — Exhibition Visitor