The holiday season is a time to be spent with loved ones—yet for the nearly 2 million people incarcerated in US jails and prisons at any given time, that's not a possibility. Rattling the Bars host Mansa Musa and TRNN Editor-In-Chief Maximillian Alvarez discuss how the holidays are experienced behind bars.

Click here to watch Max's interview with Eddie Conway on being incarcerated during the holidays: https://therealnews.com/the-holidays-are-the-most-painful-time-of-year-to-be-behind-bars

Studio Production: Adam Coley
Post Production: Cameron Granadino

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What it's like to be in prison for the holidays | Rattling the Bars