142 Episodes

  1. Illegal to be homeless? The Supreme Court Grants Pass ruling w/Jeff Singer

    Published: 7/30/2024
  2. Heat inside CA prison killed Adrienne Boulware—who's responsible?

    Published: 7/22/2024
  3. Slavery once split up Black families. Today, prisons do the same thing.

    Published: 7/15/2024
  4. 'Survival pending revolution': Dominque Conway on education, political abolition, and reform

    Published: 7/8/2024
  5. Double punishment—the truth about supervised release

    Published: 7/4/2024
  6. 54 years later, this former Black Panther is still behind bars

    Published: 6/26/2024
  7. Prison deprived her of a father—she's fighting to get him back

    Published: 6/17/2024
  8. The prison system isn't 'broken'—it's designed to traumatize Black people en masse

    Published: 6/10/2024
  9. Leonard Peltier and the history of the American Indian Movement w/Rachel Thunder

    Published: 6/3/2024
  10. The American Indian Movement and Leonard Peltier w/Ward Churchill

    Published: 6/3/2024
  11. The reality of Black historical trauma makes healing a form of justice

    Published: 6/3/2024
  12. 'Help us to get better': Maryland is failing women released from prison

    Published: 5/17/2024
  13. The 'Women's Cut'—Maryland's only women's prison

    Published: 4/24/2024
  14. Survivors of sexual assault in juvenile detention are speaking out

    Published: 3/25/2024
  15. 30 political prisoners' oral histories collected in an unprecedented new book

    Published: 3/11/2024
  16. 'Second look' bills offer a chance at freedom to longtime prisoners

    Published: 3/4/2024
  17. Prisoners, unions sue Alabama, alleging 'modern-day slavery'

    Published: 2/26/2024
  18. This is why coming home from prison is so difficult for so many

    Published: 2/19/2024
  19. Fixing Baltimore's 'downward spiral' of poverty, disinvestment, and over-policing

    Published: 2/12/2024
  20. The 'Black Chronicle' offers an unprecedented look at Black history

    Published: 2/5/2024

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Rattling the Bars puts the voices of the people most harmed by our system of mass incarceration at the center of our reporting on the fight to end it. The show was founded by the late Black Panther and political prisoner Marshall “Eddie” Conway, and is now hosted by Charles Hopkins, better known as Mansa Musa, who himself spent 48 years behind bars.Rattling the Bars offers an honest look at the lives of prisoners, returning citizens, their families, and their communities. With Rattling the Bars, by presenting hard data and real-life stories, we examine and seek to shift public opinion around the misconception that incarceration, punishment, and increased policing make cities safer—the truth of which has been disproven by countless studies. The series examines the history and root causes of the current so-called justice system. It showcases individuals and communities nationwide who are grappling with real solutions to problems created by the prison-industrial complex.Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletter