Behind Systems in America: Recent Episodes
Nora Macomber
This is a collaborative podcast between 8th grade students that discuss two of the most overlooked systems in America.
http://chng.it/xWdwQLXb2d http://chng.it/6p86fSpFLT https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/supporting-black-lives-matter https://www.sentencingproject.org/actions/ http://chng.it/cTrY2xtQTL https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/take-action-now-fight-to-end-mass-incarceration/
Here Mackenzie talks about Mental health in the foster system and how it affects everyone.
https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/child-welfare.aspx
https://thriveworks.com/blog/moving-tough-kids-impact-mental-health/#:~:text=Kids%20who%20have%20moved%20five,over%20the%20age%20of%20five.
This is Nora's episode about the juvenile courts, how school systems have lead to the mass amounts of minors in court, and the over criminalization of children of color.
Sources:
Racial Disparities in Youth Commitments and Arrests
Part from the book: Race, Crime, and Juvenile Justice: The Issue of Racial Disparity
Youth of color disproportionately represented in the justice system
The school to prison pipeline, explained
New Report Calls Out Gross Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice System
Rethinking Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
Many Juvenile Jails Are Now Almost Entirely Filled With Young People of Color
Juvenile Age of Jurisdiction and Transfer to Adult Court Laws
Here Nora talks about the history of policing in america and how this affects many people of color.
Sources:
White House Report on Reforming the incarceration system
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/cold-call-examining-race-and-mass-incarceration-in-the-united-states
examining race and mass incarceration in the United States
How slavery morphed into today's Carceral state
The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops
Baltimore sun: War on Drugs
List of police reforms related to the George Floyd protests
Data about police violence in the US
The 13th on Netflix
Here Mackenzie talks about the different programs in the foster system.
https://wearecasa.org/
https://www.fc2success.org/
https://greatnonprofits.org/categories/view/foster-care
This is Nora's intro to her project about mass incarceration in america and how it affects People of Color.
Sources:
Oxford Bibliographies definition of Mass Incarceration
How slavery morphed into today's Carceral state
Baltimore sun: War on Drugs
This is Mackenzie's intro to her project about foster children and how the system works.
https://jlc.org/news/what-foster-care-prison-pipeline