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Ep 40 – Land of the Free
1 hour 21 minutes Posted Sep 6, 2018 at 7:01 am.
Nothing New
Prisons in America Today
Prison Labor Today
What sparked the strike?
Forced riots
All demands matter
What can we do on the outside?
Language
Risks higher for some
How large is this prison strike?
Benefits of labor?
Disenfranchisement: Has the debt been paid or not?
Collapse?
What can we do?
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Episode 40 - "Land of the Free"
Never have as many people been locked up than right now, here in the United States. The US has more prisoners per capita than anywhere else on the planet and that number continues to climb at a terrifying rate. Once within the prison system, inmates are abused and exploited out of sight and out of mind of the rest of the population. With these crimes against humanity growing ever greater and the impossible to ignore racial disparity continuing to get worse, it's time we take a critical look at our prison system and the monster we've all created.
This episode is dedicated to the prisoners currently on strike across the United States who just want to be treated with the humanity that all of us deserve.
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