Tag Archives: prison ecology

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:33 — 34.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFirst, we hear part of a panel from the recent Fight Toxic Prisons conference, which was held last week in Pittsburgh. Saleem Holbrook shares his experiences after doing nearly three decades inside, with a focus on what it’s like to organize behind the walls. Coming into the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:59 — 54.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week takes us to Texas, where we hear from Candice Bernd, speaking at the 2nd Fight Toxic Prisons Conference, which took place earlier this month in Denton, Texas. Candice talks about the intersection between environmental activism and the carceral system. In Texas, prisoners are subjected to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:02 — 53.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear some prison related news, and then return to the theme of Prison Ecology. There is more from the panel at the Fight Toxic Prisons convergence in Washington, DC., Jasmine Heiss from Amnesty International, and former eco-prisoner Eric McDavid.