Why can't we fix the poverty to prison pipeline? | Divine Lipscomb | TEDxPSU 

Through an anecdotal lens of personal experience, Divine Lipscomb discusses the importance of ascertaining the context of crime in order to determine consequence and restoration practices.
Councilman Divine Lipscomb is the First African American Council Member in the State College Borough. Divine is a formerly incarcerated scholar at Penn State in the Counseling Education Department with an emphasis in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental health counseling. As a graduate assistant for the Restorative Justice Initiative, Penn State’s Prison Education Program, Divine works at the intersections of access to higher education and effective reentry practices for individuals impacted by the within the carceral system. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx