144 Episodes

  1. Why are so many LGBTQ people incarcerated in the US?

    Published: 7/8/2022

  2. Cutting incarcerated mothers off from their families hurts everyone

    Published: 7/8/2022

  3. The prison-industrial complex is an environmental catastrophe

    Published: 5/31/2022

  4. Imprisoned Ferguson activist ‘assaulted by guards, assaulted by Nazis’

    Published: 5/31/2022

  5. Prisoners allege abuse at ‘shock’ camps

    Published: 4/11/2022

  6. The for-profit companies charging prisoners to read their own mail

    Published: 3/28/2022

  7. 'It is torture': Women in Maryland’s prisons have nowhere to turn

    Published: 2/14/2022

  8. Revolt against the carceral world

    Published: 2/7/2022

  9. An Arkansas jail tested ivermectin ‘treatment’ on detainees without their consent

    Published: 1/31/2022

  10. How Maryland prisoners took on the governor

    Published: 1/10/2022

  11. Why the holidays are the most painful time of the year for prisoners

    Published: 12/13/2021

  12. ‘How juveniles are railroaded by the criminal justice system’

    Published: 12/8/2021

  13. The death penalty is a barbarous stain on our humanity

    Published: 11/29/2021

  14. ‘This is COINTELPRO 2021’

    Published: 11/22/2021

  15. ‘We want Rikers closed and no new jails in its place!’

    Published: 11/15/2021

  16. Surviving the darkness: Eddie Conway speaks with Guantánamo Bay detainee Mansoor Adayfi

    Published: 11/9/2021

  17. Why is Alabama using federal COVID relief funds to build prisons?

    Published: 10/25/2021

  18. A staggering number of inmates have died in Louisiana prisons

    Published: 10/18/2021

  19. ‘Fighting to free our people’: 55 years of the Black Panther Party

    Published: 10/15/2021

  20. As Delta surges in prisons, states stop sharing statistics with the public

    Published: 9/27/2021

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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