Ep 180 - The Rikers Disliker w/ Jarrod Shanahn
May 18, 2022•1 hr
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Episode description
Jarrod Shanahan returns to talk about his new book Captives: How Rikers Island Took NYC Hostage, out TODAY from Verso. Captives it the history of Rikers Island as a progressive reform turned riotous penal colony in the neoliberal era. While today it's slated to be closed, the book shows how the plan to build new state-of-the-art humanitarian jails is repeating the mistake.
Check out our bonus episode with Jarrod on Friday at Patreon.com/TheAntifada
Song: Negative Approach - Borstal Breakout
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