Relationships among family members suffer when someone is incarcerated.
Simply from the incarcerated person’s absence.-Todd Clear
1 in 100
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This page was created by Oregon State University's Inside-Out students in the fall of 2011. Our hope is that it will grow as an interactive community and online presence for any person who identifies as a part of the 1 in 100 people incarcerated in the United States. We have enabled open submissions so that you can share your story with the 1 in 100 community about how incarceration in America has affected you or those that you care about. We may be parents, siblings, family members, friends, spouses, or behind bars ourselves. Our hopes are that through our shared stories, we will inspire change in our communities, our justice systems, and our prisons. We are the 1 in 100.
“Prison Industrial” by Andrea Gibson
The USA has an incarceration rate 4 times larger than the world average. The USA is also a world power. What sort of an example are we setting?
1 in every 100 Americans are incarcerated.
Relationships among family members suffer when someone is incarcerated.
Simply from the incarcerated person’s absence.-Todd Clear
1 in 100
I’m the first in my family to get locked up-
I’m 1 in 100
I was only 17 when I was charged with my first offenses. Under an inaccurate one strike law called Measure 11.
I am 1 in 100
2 A.M.
17 yrs old
1 night
1st crime
Measure 11
5 yrs
10 Months
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Young. Talented. Incarcerated.
I am 1 in 100.
“… When you take a son from his mother or from his father, you have amputated…. It is like someone cutting off your arm or cutting off your head. It is an unnatural extraction, that puts you in an unnatural place.” -St Jean
1 in 100
“People mourn the absence of the incarcerated as if they were deceased”
I am 1 in 100
I was 13 when I got arrested. I’ll be 43 when I get my first chance of being paroled.
I’m 1 in 100.
By incarcerating 1 in 100, we are condemning everyone who depends on them.
Got Freedom? “More than 5.3 million people in the U.S. are prohibited from voting as a consequence of their criminal record.” (Todd Clear) 1 in 100
What do our public investments say about our values and priorities?

Do you have any felonies or criminal charges? Yes. You think it’s hard for you to find a job? I am 1 in 100.