Zero Percent takes the audience inside Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison’s college program inside Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. From the outset of the film, we learn that Hudson Link-sponsored students are men who have come to appreciate the full impact of their life-altering crimes, on others and themselves. And while it may be years before they see life outside the prison walls, we see first-hand their insight that their only hope for a redemptive, productive life is through the dedication they have shown in transforming their lives.
The film’s title, Zero Percent, refers to the fact that not one of Hudson Link’s graduates has been re-incarcerated for a new crime once released. Given the national recidivism rate of over 60%, Zero Percent provides real-life evidence of the far-reaching, positive effects of the Hudson Link Program.
The screening is sponsored by the Community Outreach Committee of Hitchcock Presbyterian Church. The Community Outreach Committee, formerly the Mission Committee, has for many years supported Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison and other nonprofit organizations working to successfully integrate the ex-offenders into the community.
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Following the screening, which begins at 7:00 pm on Thursday, June 14 in the Lower Children’s House, a panel discussion will include Hudson Link’s Executive Director Sean Pica and several alumni of the program. Refreshments will be provided.
