The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an extra toll on prison populations. Prisoners in Wisconsin were infected at a rate five times higher than the general population, and inmates were not given priority during vaccination rollout. This is just one of the injustices of the United States’ mass incarceration program. Another is that prisoners can’t vote—yet […]
Dillard, Schoeder, Liners, & Ross on re-entry, treatment alternat...
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Buzz – 4-28 – 21 – Schroeder – Liners – Ross In this month’s 8 o’clock Buzz — ExPO hour, Jerome Dillard talks with community organizers Ron Schroeder, ExPO fellow, David Liners, Executive Director of WISDOM, and Shannon Ross, President of “The Community“, about a wide array of prison-reform and […]
Debunking Myths About Mass Incarceration
The United States has the largest population behind bars (a record 2.3 million in 2016) and the highest incarceration rate of any country (698 per 100,000). It’s a big problem, and yet many Americans accept this reality due to the widely held belief that prisons keep us safer. That’s a myth, though, says journalist Victoria […]
COVID-19 Inside Wisconsin Prisons with EXPO’s Ramiah Whiteside &...
As traumatic as the pandemic has been, imagine if you were locked up, where you cannot properly socially distance, or always get access to hand sanitizer. Imagine watching your cellmate slowly getting sicker and sicker. On this edition of the Access Hour, host Ramiah Whiteside, a coordinator with Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing (EXPO) gives us a […]
Children in Immigrant Detention Centers and #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd
Today on the show, we cover two extremely important and timely topics. First, we hear from Reveal journalist Aura Bogado about her recent reporting on family separation at the border and children held in immigrant detention centers during the pandemic. Then, we dedicate the second segment to a call-in conversation with Ali Muldrow about the police […]
Facing the Pandemic in Prison
Throughout the pandemic, prisons have been one of the hardest-hit spaces for inmates and staff alike, with high rates of infection and minimal to no proper protective equipment or access to adequate hygiene. Back in April, Cook County Jail in Chicago suffered the worst COVID-19 outbreak the country had seen. For today’s episode, Wednesday host […]
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