The If Project

Directed by: Kathlyn Horan Released: 2018 (educational) Year of Production: 2017 Running Time: 88 min Format: NTSC DVD Language: English Includes English Closed Captions Subjects: Women's Studies,  Criminal Justice, Urban Studies, Socioeconomics     One cop. One Inmate. One Question that changed everything.   In the United States, there are over 6.8 million people in prison, jail, on probation or parole. That is 1 in every 35 adults. Perhaps even more alarming is that women are the fastest growing segment of the incarcerated population, increasing at nearly double the rate of men since 1985. The If Project is a feature-length documentary that explores the reasons behind these staggering numbers. The film follows a group of inmates incarcerated in a maximum- security women's prison who are part of a writing workshop co-created by a Seattle police detective and a repeat offender serving a nine-year sentence. The writing workshop provides access to an emotional depth a