State violence while maintaining the pretence of legitimacy has become synonymous with social order and democracy with the prison industrial complex serving as a conduit for controlling the restless masses as well as the greatest competitor to public education. Reclaim public education by dismantling the prison industrial complex should be a matter of great urgency for educators, and civic leaders of all areas of public life. This conference explores the interconnections between Race Class Gender, state violence and the prison industrial complex and the social impact of having one in every hundred citizens in the United States behind bars. Charles Mills, author of The Racial Contract and professor at Northwestern University, will be the Keynote Speaker.