Rattling The Bars
A podcast by The Real News Network - Mondays
144 Episodes
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Dozens of Texas prisoners are hunger striking against solitary confinement
Published: 2/17/2023 -
Interview from prison: What an inhumane carceral system does to human psyches
Published: 2/8/2023 -
These women are fighting Nevada's prison system—and winning
Published: 1/24/2023 -
2022 was Rikers Island's deadliest year. Again.
Published: 12/12/2022 -
'Tax Broke' Baltimore's Dirty Secret
Published: 12/6/2022 -
He was supposed to be out on parole, but ICE deported him to Cambodia
Published: 11/22/2022 -
El Salvador's history shows migration isn't the problem, imperialism is
Published: 11/14/2022 -
It's time to legalize marijuana
Published: 10/31/2022 -
San Quentin Prison is a COVID deathtrap
Published: 10/24/2022 -
Cholera outbreak in Haiti's prisons amid protests against Henry government
Published: 10/18/2022 -
Judge rules California prison must close
Published: 9/26/2022 -
Lacino Hamilton speaks on his 26-year wrongful imprisonment
Published: 9/14/2022 -
Black August and the fight to free political prisoners, with the Jericho Movement
Published: 9/6/2022 -
Advocates demand Israel end solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra, imprisoned at 13
Published: 8/22/2022 -
Stop trying to revive local economies with prisons
Published: 8/22/2022 -
Repurposing prisons can revitalize rural America
Published: 8/22/2022 -
Virginia revokes early release for inmates with good behavior
Published: 7/18/2022 -
Chris Hedges on trauma and teaching writing in prison
Published: 7/18/2022 -
New York prisons ban care packages containing food
Published: 7/8/2022 -
How Maryland is preventing prisoners from getting college degrees
Published: 7/8/2022
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