Locked Up & Locked Out: Recent Episodes
Gabrielle French
Organized into bite sized episodes, this is a beginner's guide to understanding how mass incarceration and the War on Drugs have systematically harmed black people in the United States. Visit this link to view sources and more resources: rb.gy/1k76jr
After discussing the context surrounding mass incarceration, I now talk about the harms caused by mass incarceration and share statistics on the racial disparities within the criminal justice system.
In this episode, I discuss why criminalization of drugs doesn't work and go through the history of the War on Drugs.
In this episode I explain how similar systems of control over black people have been recycled throughout history. You'll find out that one of those systems of control is hiding right under your nose.
In this episode I discuss the origins of race and how that has influenced where we are today.
In this episode I discuss common terms used in discussions of race, mass incarceration, and the War on Drugs.