August 25, 2016 4:07PM 

# Incarcerating US 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Would you like a break from the presidential campaign and be interested in catching a movie? The pickings are pretty slim–unless you can’t get enough of the [Obamas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4258698/). Here’s a tip: Check out the new documentary film, *Incarcerating US*, which is coming to theaters next month.

Sneak preview:

For more information about the film, go [here](http://incarceratingus.com/).

For related Cato work, go [here](https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/obama-letting-drug-war-rage-pointlessly) [here](http://www.cato-unbound.org/issues/september-2015/origins-mass-incarceration), and [here](https://www.cato.org/events/does-american-criminal-justice-system-need-overhaul).

##### Related Tags 

[Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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