Jan 28 2020 66 mins 3
It's day 1 in our series on the Prison Industrial Complex. Luckily, this episode isn't too heavy because it's just an intro. We're talking about the history of prisons in very broad terms, dating all the way back to pre-U.S. - Mama England.
Promo: https://www.gettingoffpod.com/
Resources:
https://www.historyrevealed.com/eras/victorians/in-a-nutshell-debtors-prisons/
https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/peonage/
https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/british-navy-impressment/
Encyclopedia Britannica
Peterson, James Braxton, et al. Prison Industrial Complex for Beginners. For Beginners, 2016.
Brunch and Budget Podcast - Eps 50-54
Abolishprisons.org
https://www.sentencingproject.org/
13th. Directed by Ava DuVernay, 2016
