10 Best Mass Incarceration Podcasts

1. Prison Radio Audio Feed

Prison Radio records and broadcasts the voices of prisoners, centering their analyses and experiences in the movements against mass incarceration and state repression.
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Play⋅ 5.5K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 4 min Get Email Contact

2. Shades of Freedom

Washington, District of Columbia, US
Welcome to Shades of Freedom, from The Aspen Institute Criminal Justice Reform Initiative. This podcast amplifies and uplifts promising efforts aimed at reducing mass incarceration, and examines the ecosystem of related inequalities that surrounds and perpetuates it. Fortunately, there's a movement underway to re-imagine what the justice system could be. This podcast will feature many of the people working on changing this system, from policymakers to activists, and from returning citizens to systems leaders.
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Play⋅ 685 ⋅1 episode / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 28 min Get Email Contact

3. Second Chance: voices of the unheard

Facing 25 years to life for murder, I had to make a difficult choice, which was copping out to 13 years in prison using my time wisely; earning an Associate's degree from NYU (PEP). I am interviewing formerly incarcerated men and women, being granted a second chance at freedom. The lack of education is linked to mass incarceration. The USA is the leading country on mass incarceration, putting a value on our citizens for monetary gains, disbanding people from their civil liberties.
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Play 4 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 28 min Get Email Contact

4. Mederi Muzik

DeMarisa Steeley and Dorian Wallace explore the integrative effects of music and other creative practices and their therapeutic impact on the trauma of colonialism, classism, racism, mass incarceration, and culture.
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Play 11 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 56 min Get Email Contact

5. Rattling The Bars

Baltimore, Maryland, US
Rattling the Bars, hosted by former Black Panther and political prisoner Marshall 'Eddie' Conway, 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.
Also in The Real News Network Podcasts
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Play⋅ 325.2K⋅ 85.9K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact

6. Plus Three

US
Plus Three dives deep into the world of drugs, from local decriminalization and emerging psychedelic corporations to leftist politics and mass incarceration. Each week the team and guests attempt to make sense of the complex connections between drugs, science, capitalism, policy, and culture..
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Play⋅ 14.7K ⋅17 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 68 min Get Email Contact

7. Everyday Injustice

Davis Vanguard Podcast will be covering criminal justice reform, mass incarceration, wrongful convictions, and more.
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Play 2 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact

8. Beyond Prisons

Beyond Prisons is a podcast on justice, mass incarceration, and prison abolition.
Also in Prison Podcasts
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Play⋅ 537⋅ 17.7K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 51 min Get Email Contact

9. WE GOT US NOW podcast

WE GOT US NOW podcast shines a spotlight on the invisible population of 10 million children and young adults in the US impacted by parental incarceration. WE endure the collateral consequences of mass incarceration in the US. Our Stories are often unknown and untold. Our Traumas are misdiagnosed and overlooked. Our Futures are often misrepresented and our experiences are unheard of. WE will NO longer be silenced by our pain.
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Play 7 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact

10. The Truth of Mass Incarceration

Teresa, Evelyn, and Alma bring awareness on mass incarceration in the United States influenced by an honors course they're taking at Marquette University. Listen as they discuss important topics of institutionalized racism, oppression, and freedom.
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