Ep 75 - Are Prisons Obsolete (Yes)

In case you haven't heard, there's a massive prison strike going on in the US and in Canada from August 21 to September 9. Prisoners are striking with a list of ten demands (those demands and more info are available here: https://incarceratedworkers.org/campaigns/prison-strike-2018). This week we decided to look at prison abolition with the help of Angela Davis, a former prisoner herself. Her book "Are Prisons Obsolete" is a really accessible and forceful presentation of the history of prisons and their internal conditions, as well as what it would mean to think about alternatives. Solidarity to prisoners! Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon.