Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy #1605 Our Prison System is a Demonstrable Failure
Jan 23, 2024
The podcast explores the failures of the prison system by discussing the recent discovery of unmarked graves behind a jail. It highlights the burial of loved ones without their families' knowledge and the need for a federal investigation. The role of private companies in the prison system is debunked, while alternative preferences to prison, such as mental health treatments, are discussed. The podcast also envisions an abolitionist future beyond capitalism and delves into the treatment of African Americans in the United States, focusing on the convict leasing debt-peonage system.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Burying Loved Ones Behind Bars
02:29 • 16min
Private Companies in the Prison System
18:16 • 4min
Crime Victim Preferences and Alternatives to Prison
21:48 • 8min
Reimagining Restraint, Abolition, and an Anti-Capitalist Future
29:19 • 2min
Abolition as a Strategy for Revolution and Change
31:29 • 7min
African American Treatment and History of Convict Leasing
38:17 • 13min