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Having spent over 12 years of his adult life incarcerated, E.i. the King recounts the crazy, funny, good, and bad memories of prison life. From the first day in prison, to the day of release, E.i. also unpacks the challenges of transitioning back into society, and how his perspective on things might be a little bit different than most."This is...The Incarceration."
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Mental Health Association Oklahoma created The Mental Health Download podcast to share stories each week about mental illness, homelessness, incarceration and suicide, and how each can impact our lives in a profound way. Mental health affects everyone, yet the social stigma attached to mental health issues keeps so many of our family members, friends, colleagues and neighbors silent. Why are we so afraid to talk about these issues? Each week, our host Adi McCasland invites guests to share ho ...
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Go behind the numbers of mass incarceration in America, in this 4-part series hosted by CNN's Van Jones. Hear from a range of voices, as Van and his guests explore what's behind the staggering number of individuals locked in the criminal justice system, and discuss solutions to what has become a national epidemic. And for more on the criminal justice system, check out "The Redemption Project with Van Jones," on CNN and CNN.com/go, or visit www.cnn.com/redemption.
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This week on The Black Light Mass Incarceration Show, we embark on a profound exploration of the prison system's complexities with our distinguished guest, Vincent Schiraldi. With a background deeply rooted in the criminal justice system, Vincent offers a unique perspective that sheds light on the issues profoundly impacting our communities. Throug…
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Picture, for a minute, every artwork of colonial New Zealand you can think of. Now add a chain gang. Hard-labour men guarded by other men with guns. Men moving heavy metal. Men picking at the earth. Over and over again. This was the reality of nineteenth-century New Zealand. Forced labour haunts the streets we walk today and the spaces we take for …
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Imagine being 18 years old and going to adult prison. But not to just the regular part of the prison. The WORST part. Gladiator School. Jit Camp... Pateron for Exclusive Content: https://patreon.com/user?u=92069239&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link E.i. the King Official Music YouT…
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Today, I am speaking with Susan Magsamen, founder and executive director of the International Arts & Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics - a pioneering initiative from the Pedersen Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also an assistant professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins and serves as the co-di…
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Do individuals have the right to “keep and bear” arms? Do “the people” have any collective rights to public safety? Now that the United States Supreme Court requires each side to argue based on the “history” and “tradition” of 1791 and 1868, what do scholars tell us about legal practices and public understanding in those times? Dr. Laura F. Edwards…
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The New True Crime: How the Rise of Serialized Storytelling Is Transforming Innocence (NYU Press, 2023) by Dr. Diana Rickard examines how serialized crime shows became an American obsession. TV shows and podcasts like Making a Murderer, Serial, and Atlanta Monster have taken the cultural zeitgeist by storm, and contributed to the release of wrongly…
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Was the use of violence on January 6th Capitol attacks legitimate? Is the use of violence morally justified by members of Extinction Rebellion or Just Stop Oil campaigners? Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States (Routledge, 2023) addresses these issues head on, to make a radical, but compelling argument in favour of the l…
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In this episode, we dive into the world of criminal justice with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author, Maurice Possley. With his extensive experience in writing about, investigating, and consulting on issues related to criminal justice both in the United States and abroad, Possley sheds light on the crucial topic …
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Recall This Book first heard from the sociologist of American racism David Cunningham in Episode 36 Policing and White Power. Less than a week after the horrors of January 6th, 2021, he came back for this conversation about “asymmetrical policing” of the political right and left–and of White and Black Americans. His very first book (There’s Somethi…
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This book shows how a century of redlining, disinvestment, and the War on Drugs wreaked devastation on Black people and paved the way for gentrification in Washington, DC. In Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap (U California Press, 2023), Tanya Maria Golash-Boza tracks the cycles of state abandonment and punishment that ha…
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In this episode we take a look into the life of Danielle, The wife of Tim Wright. Tim is currently wrongfully convicted and fighting for his life as we speak! Danielle and I have a heart to heart talk about the challenges and experiences that wives who stand by their wrongfully convicted husbands go through. In this episode we discover the strength…
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Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has already raised more than $27,000,000. In this interview, Andy Hunter, founder and CEO discusses his journey to creating one of the most revolutionary new organizations in the book world. Bookshop has found …
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In this episode, we delve into the tragic case of Tim Wright, a man who was wrongfully convicted in Virginia and sentenced to 65 years for a crime he did not commit. This disturbing miscarriage of justice highlights the depths of corruption and the lengths some individuals will go to cover up their wrongdoing. Tim's journey began when he was accuse…
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About Black Light: The Black Light Mass Incarceration Show is a space that is used to uplift the unheard voices of the criminal and social justices issues that many face today. BLMIS is a weekly podcast that interviews those forgotten in our prison systems. We are here to give the forgotten or ignored a platform for them to share their stories. Inf…
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Because immigration is such a recurring-and divisive-topic in the United States, it is easy to assume that we understand what it means for an immigrant to live under the specter of surveillance and punishment. It is easy to assume, as many scholars and journalists do, that undocumented immigrants live on the run from the authorities, constantly fle…
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This week’s episode is sponsored by The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, a philanthropic entity dedicated to lifting Tulsans out of poverty by supporting housing and shelter resources, social services and basic human needs, accessible healthcare, and programs that empower and inspire community members to improve their lives. Today, we have Mental …
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In this episode, we will explore the issue of abuse of power within North Carolina prisons, specifically focusing on the actions of wardens who utilize the A-99 disciplinary system to silence those who speak out about prison conditions or complain about them to their families. This abuse of power raises serious concerns about the treatment of incar…
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This week on the Black Light Mass Incarceration Show we speak with Walter Dunn and his Journey to Freedom. In the great state of Florida, a man named Walter Dunn found himself trapped in the clutches of a wrongful conviction. Unjustly accused and imprisoned, Walter's life took an unexpected turn. However, his determination to seek justice and his u…
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Pentecostal Christianity is flourishing inside the prisons of Rio de Janeiro. To find out why, Andrew Johnson dug deep into the prisons themselves. He began by spending two weeks living in a Brazilian prison as if he were an inmate: sleeping in the same cells as the inmates, eating the same food, and participating in the men's daily routines as if …
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He died in prison...but not because of getting stabbed, but because of COVID. In Part 2 of "COVID in PRISON," E.i. shares more details of what it was like being incarcerated during COVID. We all had a bad, crazy, and frustrating experience with COVID. That is something we ALL can relate to. But have you ever imagined what it would be like to be in …
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Department of Corrections Uncovering Oppressive Tactics In this episode, we delve into the eye-opening exploration of the Department of Corrections uncovering oppressive tactics within the criminal justice system. This investigative report sheds light on the alarming realities that have long been hidden from public scrutiny. 1. Introduction: - The …
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What if prisoners were to write the history of their own prison? What might that tell them--and all of us--about the roots of the system that incarcerates so many millions of Americans? In Besides, Who Would Believe a Prisoner?: Indiana Women's Carceral Institutions, 1848-1920 (New Press, 2023), a group of incarcerated women at the Indiana Women's …
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Black Light Mass Incarceration Show In this episode, we will explore the unique and progressive prison culture in Norway. Norway's approach to incarceration stands in stark contrast to traditional punitive systems found in many other countries. With a focus on rehabilitation and reintegration, Norway's prison system aims to create a conducive envir…
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This episode follows the story of a man who was wrongfully convicted and spent 42 years in prison. It highlights the injustices and difficulties of the criminal justice system, and the power of resilience and faith to overcome them. We explore the man's experience in the criminal justice system, from his wrongful conviction to his eventual upcoming…
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In this episode, we will explore the controversial topic of sex offender registries. While the intention of these registries may seem like a good idea, there are many potential harms that come along with them. Firstly, sex offender registries can perpetuate a culture of fear and hysteria. People on the registry are often subjected to public shaming…
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My Special Guest Amber Vlangas serves as Executive Director of the Restorative Action Alliance. As a member of a system-impacted family, Amber Vlangas is a civil rights activist, a survivor of sexual harm, and a speaker and advocate of re-imagining our criminal legal system. In this episode, we explore ways to re-imagine the criminal justice system…
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In this episode, we take a deeper look at the issue of North Carolina's disproportionate incarceration of people of color. Statistics show that Black and Hispanic individuals are more likely to be arrested, convicted, and sentenced to longer prison terms than their white counterparts. We hear from community members and advocates who are working to …
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Dr Lynsey Black is a lecturer in criminology, in the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University. She researches in the areas of gender and punishment, the death penalty, historical and postcolonial criminology, and borders. In this interview she discusses her new book, Gender and Punishment in Ireland: Women, Murder and the Death Penalty, 1…
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Men have always dominated the most basic precepts of the criminal legal world – its norms, its priorities and its character. Men have been the regulators and the regulated: the main subjects and objects of criminal law and by far the more dangerous sex. And yet men, as men, are still hardly talked about as the determining force within criminal law …
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Black Light Mass Incarceration Show In this episode, we'll be discussing the story of Justin Hood, who is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Justin's case has been a controversial one, with many people questioning whether he received a fair trial. We'll be taking a closer look at the evidence presented during Justi…
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I interviewed Elizabeth Kipp, an Addiction Recovery Coach, Ancestral Clearing® Practitioner, and Yoga and Meditation Teacher. She specializes in chronic pain, stress management, and trauma-informed yoga. Elizabeth Kipp is a remarkable individual who has dedicated her career to helping others overcome addiction and manage chronic pain, stress, and t…
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We all had a bad, crazy, and frustrating experience with COVID. That is something we ALL can relate to. But have you ever imagined what it would be like to be in PRISON when COVID hit, people are getting sick, dying, and your on quarantine? Here E.i. the King shares his personal experience of being in prison during COVID, as he describes this as th…
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Black Light Mass Incarceration Show It's truly regrettable that the infamous 'trial penalty' has gained such prevalence in our justice system. It's simply unjust that individuals are coerced into relinquishing their rights in order to avoid receiving an even more severe sentence. The case of Terence serves as a prime example of how the system can b…
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The story of how Black and Brown parents, students and members of low-income communities of color organized to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline in their local schools and built a movement that spread across the country. In Willful Defiance: The Movement to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline (Oxford UP, 2021), Mark R. Warren documents ho…
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Black Light Mass Incarceration Show Tysean has had a tumultuous life, most of which he can trace back to his childhood. Growing up in a difficult environment, Tysean was exposed to some harsher realities of life at a young age. This had a profound effect on his vision of society, leading him to view it as an oppressive and unjust place. As a result…
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Yes, romantic prison relationships are a real thing. I'm not talking about inmate relationships, I'm talking about inmate and staff relationships. From the movies to reality TV, this is normally depicted in a very unrealistic way. In this episode, E.i. the King recounts some personal experience, and real prison stories that he has seen involving ro…
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This week on the Black Light Mass Incarceration Show I spoke with an incredible attorney, Elizabeth Franklin-Best. She is the owner of an appellate law firm in South Carolina where they focus on state and federal appeals, sentencing relief and more. Her passion for helping her clients appeal court decisions truly makes her an invaluable attorney he…
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Historical Criminology (Routledge, 2022) breaks new ground by challenging researchers to question what we do, and why we do it. It draws out what criminologists can learn from historians, and examines the concept of historical criminology not as a sub-discipline, but as a core approach to doing criminology. The book questions the way that we think …
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While Turron was a young black teen, he was wrongfully convicted. After graduating from high school, Turron wanted to go to college. However, he was charged with committing a crime he didn't commit. He had to fight for his life. His journey is shared here. PLEASE VISIT TO LEARN MORE!! EmancipateNC Newsletter sign-up REPORT A POLICE , CO, SHERIFF OF…
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Are meditation and yoga offered to prisoners merely to have them acquiesce to being incarcerated and degraded? Or can they help prisoners interrogate the political and social structures that incarcerate and degrade? In Freedom Inside? Yoga and Meditation in the Carceral State (Oxford University Press, 2022), Farah Godrej explores the tension betwee…
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In this series of interviews from The MIT Press Podcast, we'll be drawing on the research of various authors to reflect on some of the issues shaping the American political landscape of today. In this episode Carol A. Stabile discusses her book The Broadcast 41 (published in April of last year by Goldsmiths Press.) In her book, Carol traces the his…
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In The Prescription-To-Prison Pipeline: The Medicalization and Criminalization of Pain (Duke UP, 2023), Michelle Smirnova argues that the ongoing opioid drug epidemic is the result of an endless cycle in which suffering is medicalized and drug use is criminalized. Drawing on interviews with eighty incarcerated individuals in Missouri correctional i…
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Prisons are not typically known for cutting-edge media technologies. Yet from photography in the nineteenth century to AI-enhanced tracking cameras today, there is a long history of prisons being used as a testing ground for technologies that are later adopted by the general public. If we recognize the prison as a central site for the development o…
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Murder... It not only ends the life of the victim, and forever affects their family, yet it can also completely change the life of the murderer. In this episode E.i. the King speaks with Branden Terrell as he shares his story: from being convicted of murder, to his experience in the most notorious California prisons , and how his life has completel…
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Black Light Mass Incarceration Show In his story, Akiba describes how incarceration in New York is different from incarceration in North Carolina. Additionally, he describes how he wants to create a program for parents that informs them about autism at an early stage. Akiba believes that by creating this program, parents will be able to recognize t…
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In April 1968, following the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., a wave of uprisings swept across America. None was more visible—or resulted in more property damage, arrests, or federal troop involvement—than in Washington, DC, where thousands took to the streets in protest against racial inequality, looting and burning businesses in the process. The…
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Conor Rose reads from Jackie Wang's Carceral Capitalism. This extract, taken from the opening of the book, offers insight into the Black Lives Matter movement as well as new forms of predatory policing, informed by the 2008 financial crash. In this collection of essays in Semiotext(e)'s Intervention series, Jackie Wang examines the contemporary inc…
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Black Light Mass Incarceration Show Tim shares in this episode how the loss of his daughter while incarcerated has impacted the way he thinks and acts since he lost her while incarcerated. It is a very different kind of grief losing a family member while you are incarcerated. CALL TO ACTION!! Call or email your Republican legislators let them know …
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