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Beyond Prisons is a podcast on prison abolition that elevates the voices of people directly impacted by the system.

Beyond Prisons Podcast
Beyond Prisons: a podcast on incarceration and prison abolition elevating the voices of people directly impacted by the system
Native Feminisms feat. Dr. Kimberly Robertson
Apr 19

Apr 19 Native Feminisms feat. Dr. Kimberly Robertson

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Episodes

Kim Wilson interviews Dr. Kimberly Robertson on her work on Native feminisms and practices, making art to generate knowledge, and more.

Rachel Herzing On Political Education
Apr 3

Apr 3 Rachel Herzing On Political Education

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Rachel Herzing joins Beyond Prisons for a conversation on political education, transformation, and more.

Taylar Nuevelle On Knitting In Prison
Mar 22

Mar 22 Taylar Nuevelle On Knitting In Prison

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Taylar Nuevelle joins Beyond Prisons to share her love of knitting, the space it created for her while in prison, as well as how it was used to punish her.

Pennsylvania Prison Policy Targets Educators & Volunteers (feat. Connie Grier)
Mar 4

Mar 4 Pennsylvania Prison Policy Targets Educators & Volunteers (feat. Connie Grier)

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Episodes

Connie Grier joins Beyond Prisons to discuss a new policy in Pennsylvania prisons targeting materials brought in by educators, religious practitioners, and others.

Transformative Justice & Pod-Mapping
Jan 19

Jan 19 Transformative Justice & Pod-Mapping

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Episodes
Jail Free NYC feat. Nabil Hassein
Nov 24

Nov 24 Jail Free NYC feat. Nabil Hassein

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Nabil Hassein joins Beyond Prisons to give an update on the campaign to close Rikers Island and the fight to oppose new jail construction in New York City.

Prison Reporting
Nov 7

Nov 7 Prison Reporting

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Kim and Brian share their best practices for journalists looking to improve their reporting on incarceration and related issues.

Kempis 'Ghani' Songster (Part 2)
Oct 11

Oct 11 Kempis 'Ghani' Songster (Part 2)

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Episodes

Kim Wilson speaks with formerly incarcerated activist Kempis “Ghani” Songster about the black liberation group MOVE in the second part of episode 29.

Kempis 'Ghani' Songster (Part 1)
Oct 4

Oct 4 Kempis 'Ghani' Songster (Part 1)

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Episodes

Kim Wilson interviews formerly incarcerated activist Kempis "Ghani" Songster in part one of Beyond Prisons episode 29.

Prison Strike 2018
Sep 18

Sep 18 Prison Strike 2018

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Episodes

Recorded in the midst of the strike, the Beyond Prisons team discusses the strike's progress, the challenges of organizing, and why the press is unprepared to cover it.

Sean Damon
Aug 7

Aug 7 Sean Damon

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Episodes

Sean Damon of the Amistad Law Project, a public interest law center focused on the human rights of incarcerated people, joins Episode 27 of Beyond Prisons.

John Gillespie Jr. (aka swim.)
Jul 20

Jul 20 John Gillespie Jr. (aka swim.)

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Poet, musician, and PhD student John Gillespie Jr. (aka swim.) joins Beyond Prisons to discuss his art and scholarship around suicide in the Black community.

Fight Toxic Prisons
Jun 7

Jun 7 Fight Toxic Prisons

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Episodes

Panagioti Tsolkas, an organizer with the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons, discusses the intersections between the criminal legal system and the environment.

Bret Grote of Abolitionist Law Center
May 10

May 10 Bret Grote of Abolitionist Law Center

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Episodes

Bret Grote of the Abolitionist Law Center talks about his organization's work and an abolitionist approach to practicing law.

Prison Publications feat. Victoria Law
Apr 5

Apr 5 Prison Publications feat. Victoria Law

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Episodes

Victoria Law talks about prison publications and Tenacious, the zine she's organized for nearly 16 years featuring the work of incarcerated women from around the country.

Pen Pals
Mar 21

Mar 21 Pen Pals

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Episodes

In a special two-part episode of Beyond Prisons, we discuss communicating with incarcerated people and interview pen pal and activist Ciara Kay.

The Year of Du Bois feat. Dr. Tony Monteiro
Feb 23

Feb 23 The Year of Du Bois feat. Dr. Tony Monteiro

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Episodes

Beyond Prisons host Kim Wilson talks to Dr. Tony Monteiro about the 150th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’s birth and the significance of his work in our time.

Operation PUSH Continues Fight Against Prison Slavery
Feb 5

Feb 5 Operation PUSH Continues Fight Against Prison Slavery

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Episodes

Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein discuss Operation PUSH: a nonviolent prison labor strike and boycott in Florida that began on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Hope Is A Discipline feat. Mariame Kaba
Jan 5

Jan 5 Hope Is A Discipline feat. Mariame Kaba

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Episodes

Mariame Kaba discusses youth detention and Bresha Meadows, surviving abuse, prison abolition, and what books are on her reading shelf.

The End Of Policing feat. Alex Vitale
Dec 12

Dec 12 The End Of Policing feat. Alex Vitale

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Episodes

Professor Alex S. Vitale discusses his book, "The End Of Policing," which provides a historical analysis of law enforcement and police reform, and argues for alternatives.

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