剧情：In1993,WashingtonStatevoterspassedthethree-strikeslawandsentchildrenconsideredtobeirredeemablesuper-predatorstoprisonforlifewithoutparole.Influencedbythenationaldrugwarfrenzy,escalatingcrime,andgangactivity,duringthefear-basedpoliticalpoliciesofthe1980'sand'90's,Tacoma,WAsacrificedtheirmost-vulnerablechildren.Thecity'slackof... (展开全部) In1993,WashingtonStatevoterspassedthethree-strikeslawandsentchildrenconsideredtobeirredeemablesuper-predatorstoprisonforlifewithoutparole.Influencedbythenationaldrugwarfrenzy,escalatingcrime,andgangactivity,duringthefear-basedpoliticalpoliciesofthe1980'sand'90's,Tacoma,WAsacrificedtheirmost-vulnerablechildren.Thecity'slackof... In1993,WashingtonStatevoterspassedthethree-strikeslawandsentchildrenconsideredtobeirredeemablesuper-predatorstoprisonforlifewithoutparole.Influencedbythenationaldrugwarfrenzy,escalatingcrime,andgangactivity,duringthefear-basedpoliticalpoliciesofthe1980'sand'90's,Tacoma,WAsacrificedtheirmost-vulnerablechildren.Thecity'slackofsocialservicesandtargetedinvestmentsinearlyeducation,theincreasinginequalityinhousingandemployment,andthecultureofpunishment(includingno-parole,three-strikes,hard-timeforarmed-crime,andotherexcessivesentencinglaws),stainedtheTacomalandscapeanddestinedthesechildrentolivetheirlivesbehindbars.SINCEIBEENDOWNisanAmericanstoryshowcasingonecity,Tacoma,WA,asanexampleof"Everytown,USA"throughtheeyesofacommunitydecimatedbydrugs,poverty,andfear.Thrownintoprison-notforeducationorrehabilitation,butforremovalandpunishment("outofsight,outofmind")-thesechildren,whoarenowadults,couldnotbesilenced.Togethertheybuiltaprisoners'communityofhealingthatextendedbeyondprisonwalls.Thefilmisadramaticchronicleofhowgangs,fear,racismandpowerarrestedthedevelopmentofoneAmericancommunity,andhowintheirrushtodiscardthepoorestbytargetingbrownandblackyouthforafalsesenseofsafety,securityandprosperity,anentiregenerationdisappeared.SINCEIBEENDOWNspotlightsprisonerKimontiCarterandfollowshisefforts,aswellasawidegroupofprisoners,astheybreakfreefromtheirfateandcreateamodelofeducationthatistransformingtheirlives,theircommunities,ourprisons,andourownhumanity.