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Posted: 2016-11-18T22:58:06Z | Updated: 2016-11-18T22:58:06Z

WASHINGTON Sixty-two percent of black men living in Wisconsins 53206 ZIP code have spent time in prison, a new documentary reports. Milwaukee 53206 looks at how this incarceration rate the highest for black men in any ZIP code in the country hurts the people behind bars and their families, and how it also relates to high levels of crime and unemployment.

Incarceration rates have also affected residents ability to vote, a spokesman for Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), the congressional representative for the 53206 ZIP code, said Friday.

Felony disenfranchisement has played a role in our elections for years but its unclear just what kind of impact its had, he said. One of the issues we saw in this election was a lack of clarity from state officials to constituents regarding the requisite materials needed to obtain a voter ID. Scott Walkers discriminatory voter ID law has been tied up in court battles for years. A federal court held that it unconstitutionally targets low-income communities of color, but ultimately the Supreme Court let it to go into effect for this election cycle.

Moore herself sat down with The Huffington Post on Thursday to reflect on the election, the film, mass incarceration, policing and criminal justice.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.