Beyond Prisons is a podcast on prison abolition that elevates the voices of people directly impacted by the system.
Dr. Breea Willingham discusses her prison research, her writing workshops with incarcerated women, and her experiences as someone with family directly impacted by the system.
Dr. Walter Greason joins the podcast to discusses his Racial Violence Syllabus, which attracted worldwide attention following the "Unite the Right" rally.
Artist, writer, and organizer Devyn Springer talks about his work with mental health response networks in Atlanta.
In part two of our interview, Devyn discusses hip hop scholarship as a liberatory approach to education, as well as his photography, writing, and poetry.
Journalist Jared Ware interviewed people incarcerated at McCormick Correctional Institution regarding the ongoing crisis there for a special edition of Beyond Prisons.
Victoria Law joins Beyond Prisons to discuss her work with imprisoned women and her book, “Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles Of Incarcerated Women.”
We're joined by Jailhouse Lawyers Speak: a national collective of incarcerated people who provide legal assistance behind bars.
On episode 10 of Beyond Prisons, we talk about Thomas Gordon, who is incarcerated at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, a state prison in Delaware.
Dan Berger joins Beyond Prisons to discuss his book, “Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing In The Civil Rights Era.”
We discuss prison jobs programs, organizing against prison slavery, abolishing the 13th Amendment, and the Millions for Prisoners march in Washington, D.C.
Krystal Rountree discusses the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March on August 19 in Washington, D.C. and the campaign to abolish the 13th amendment.
Brian and Kim speak with Maya Schenwar about her book, “Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work And How We Can Do Better.”
Brian and Kim speak with Akeem Browder, founder of the campaign to Shut Down Rikers Island and the Kalief Browder Foundation.
In this candid and personal interview, activist Five Mualimm-ak discusses his life, reintegration, and why he's fighting to abolish prisons by any means necessary.
Kim and Brian discuss Angela Davis' book, "Are Prisons Obsolete?"—an excellent handbook on prison abolition and the prison industrial complex.
Dr. Anthony Monteiro discusses his work as a prison abolitionist, the influence that Du Bois and James Baldwin had on him, and answers the question “what does it mean to be human?”
Introducing Beyond Prisons: a new podcast examining incarceration in America through an abolitionist lens.
