TRAILER: Introducing Beyond Solitary
Beyond Prisons Editor Ellis Maxwell introduces a new series called "Beyond Solitary," exploring solitary confinement as a site of struggle and featuring interviews with currently and formerly incarcer...
8 Apr 20213min
Interrupting Criminalization feat. Andrea Ritchie
Andrea Ritchie joins the show to talk about her research with the group Interrupting Criminalization, specifically their new report looking back on the "Defund the Police" demand in 2020. Interruptin...
4 Feb 202158min
COVID-19 Dispatch: Soledad Family Roundtable
Four women with loved ones incarcerated at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, CA join the Beyond Prisons podcast to talk about how prison officials are failing to respond to the pandemic. ...
15 Jan 202143min
COVID-19 Dispatch: The Crisis At Soledad
Brian Sonenstein interviews a woman we're calling "Alice" to protect her and her family from retaliation from California prison officials. Alice was on Beyond Prisons in April 2020 to discuss the sit...
30 Dec 202028min
Study And Struggle feat. Garrett Felber
Garrett Felber joins the Beyond Prisons podcast to discuss Study and Struggle, which he helped launch in 2020 as "a bilingual political education program on abolition and immigrant justice which suppo...
23 Dec 202052min
In Defense Of Looting Feat. Vicky Osterweil
Vicky Osterweil joins the Beyond Prisons podcast to discuss her new book, "In Defense Of Looting: A Riotous History Of Uncivil Action." Our wide-ranging conversation includes Vicky's analysis of the c...
29 Okt 202058min
Challenging E-Carceration Feat. James Kilgore
In this episode, Kim and Brian sit down with James Kilgore, a formerly incarcerated activist, researcher, and author based in Urbana, Illinois. Our conversation addressed a number of issues relating t...
28 Sep 202057min
Prison By Any Other Name Feat. Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law
Beyond Prisons welcomes back Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law to discuss their new book, Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences Of Popular Reforms. The book provides a comprehensive and th...
8 Sep 20201h 21min
