Beyond Prisons is a podcast on prison abolition that elevates the voices of people directly impacted by the system.
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In the second episode of our series, Beyond Solitary, political prisoner Kwame Shakur discusses the distinction between revolution and reactionary reformism, and the need to develop inside-out revolutionary strategy.
Introducing a new series, "Beyond Solitary," exploring solitary confinement as a site of struggle and featuring interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones.
Andrea Ritchie joins the show to talk about her research and work with the group Interrupting Criminalization and the recent report reflecting on the “Defund the Police” demand in 2020.
Four women with loved ones incarcerated at the CA state prison in Soledad explain the many ways CDCR is failing to respond to the pandemic.
Alice returns to Beyond Prisons to provide an update on the situation facing people enduring the pandemic from within the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, CA.
Garrett Felber joins Beyond Prisons to discuss Study and Struggle, a political education project which supports and collaborates with MS grassroots organizations.
Vicky Osterweil joins the Beyond Prisons podcast to discuss her book, “In Defense Of Looting,” and the history of rioting and looting as direct action.
Our conversation addresses a number of issues relating to e-carceration including how it deprives people of their liberty, why electronic monitoring is not better than prison, and the use of surveillance technology in the time of COVID-19.
We discuss the fundamental issues with reform & the co-optation of abolitionist demands, how electronic monitoring denies people’s basic needs while shifting the costs of incarceration from the government onto the individual, why community policing is anti-community, and more.
Dr. Venezia Michalsen, an intersectional feminist criminologist, joins Kim Wilson to discuss gender and imprisonment, reentry, and the criminalization of women’s survival strategies.
Professor, author, and abolitionist scholar Dr. Dylan Rodríguez joins Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein on an episode of the Beyond Prisons podcast.
Beyond Prisons host Kim Wilson has a conversation with Dr. Erin Corbett, founder and CEO of Second Chance Educational Alliance, Inc.: a community-based prison education program in CT to provide formerly incarcerated people with tools to become fully engaged and contributing citizens.
Kim and Brian sit down for an extended conversation on the current Black Lives Matter protests, policing and police reform, media literacy, and more.
Anthony Williams talks about co-founding the hashtag "#MasculinitySoFragile," leveraging social capital online, how their political consciousness evolved over time, and overcoming isolation through reading.
Author, educator, and activist Johanna Fernández joins the Beyond Prisons podcast to discuss a recent incident in which a Pennsylvania corrections officer perpetrated a hoax on supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal by claiming he had been hospitalized for COVID-19.
“Alice,” whose husband is incarcerated in California, shares her thoughts and experiences around how California prison officials are handling COVID-19.
Beyond Prisons hosts Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein walk through our guide on how to support incarcerated people and their loved ones during the Coronavirus Crisis.
