Re: Do Movies Make Us Stupid About Prisons? - http://www.motherjones.com/node...
"It's called the Dunning Kruger effect, FWIW. Incidentally I knew items 1, 2, and 4. I was unaware of #5 but that's only because I didn't know what "reforms" it was talking about. I did know that the federal prison system is only a tiny fraction of all prisons. I'd argue with number 3; the intersection of drug policy and incarceration is a lot more complicated than just "Number of people in prison solely for marijuana possession". Honestly I hoped I'd learn something about the actual operation of prisons and life inside one. I'm not sure what movie ever addressed the prison statistics that make up the "Five things you didn't know" in this article." - Eric P