Freedom Unshackled The Podcast: Recent Episodes
The St. Pierre Sisters
A podcast to address systemic issues within the criminal justice system. We aim to highlight individuals directly impacted by U.S. prisons.
Welcome back, Listeners! In this episode, we will discuss prison wages with three members of the #Fixthe13th campaign.
In this episode, you will get a chance to listen to members (Roni Minter, Nicole Cook Reed, and Mr. Siegal) of the coalition share their different perspectives and tell their personal stories about what it was like to work for vocational programs as a civilian worker and as an incarcerated individual.
In this episode of Freedom Unshackled, Amaya and Reignie will have an introductory podcast about wages in the prison system. This episode will provide listeners with the basic knowledge about wages while incarcerated to provide a background for upcoming interviews with more formerly incarcerated individuals.
SOURCES:
https://gothamist.com/news/how-ny-prison-slave-labor-powers-a-50-million-manufacturing-enterprise
https://corcraft.ny.gov/who-we-sell-to
https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-states-new-hand-sanitizer-made-prisoners-paid-average-65-cents-hour
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/novel-coronavirus-briefing-governor-cuomo-announces-state-will-provide-alcohol-based-hand
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/13th-2016
https://time.com/5405158/the-true-history-of-americas-private-prison-industry/
https://www.alec.org/
http://maltajusticeinitiative.org/12-major-corporations-benefiting-from-the-prison-industrial-complex-2/
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/04/10/wages/
https://www.cor.pa.gov/PCI/Pages/default.aspx
https://www.mass.gov/massachusetts-correctional-industries-masscor
CONTENT WARNING
- Sexual Assault
Donald Johnson, one of the leading members of Freedom Unshackled the Coalition, joins us again to discuss sexual assaults in male Prison Facilities.
CONTENT WARNING
- Mentions of Sexual Assault and Rape
Nicole Cook Reed and Roni Minter join us for Part 2 of "What Happens In Albion..."
Content Warning
- Mentions of Sexual Assault
Nicole Cook Reed and Roni Minter join us to explain the truth behind the sexual assault culture at Albion Correctional Facility
CONTENT WARNING
- Mentions of rape and sexual assault
An introductory episode to season 2, where we will be giving a rundown of what you can expect this season of Freedom Unshackled the Podcast.
Join us for a quick listen, as we let you in on some of the initiatives that Freedom Unshackled the Coalition has launched this year. See you in 2021!
Tune in to this weeks episode where we meet Josephine, the mother of a currently incarcerated man, serving time in the Florida prison system. Josephine offers us insight into how incarceration not only impacts the individual serving time, but the families and communities they are a part of.
TW- Self Harm
On this special Thanksgiving episode, we meet formerly incarcerated, food truck owner, Aethena, a.k.a. Chew-Key. She dives into the topic of mealtimes while incarcerated.
In this week's episode, we introduce another member of The Freedom Unshackled Coalition, Mr. Donald Johnson! Donald shares his experience in and out of the prison system. Donald provides us with a unique experience as a gay, black man, navigating New York City in the 80s.
In this episode, we introduce a member of The Freedom Unshackled Coalition, Nicole Cook-Reed. Nicole will give an account of her first experiences with the criminal justice system, including sentencing and her first day incarcerated.