Original Air Date: 1-23-2024 The recent discovery of hundreds of bodies buried behind a jail in unmarked graves sparks a renewed discussion about the futility and counter-productiveness of our system of incarceration and the context of our history that has brought us to this point. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email <a href= "mailto:Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com">Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com</a> <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1605_throwback">Full Show Notes</a> Check out our new show, SOLVED! on <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft">YouTube</a>! <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/support" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">BestOfTheLeft.com/Support</a> (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) <a href="https://discord.gg/dhyZE3WMJn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Join our Discord community</a>! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: <a href= "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/families-in-disbelief-after-hundreds-of-bodies-found-buried-behind-mississippi-jail"> Families in disbelief after hundreds of bodies found buried behind Mississippi jail - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 1-10-24</a> Ch. 2: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aIs3EUSOzM">The Most Infamous Jail in America - Olurinatti - Air Date 3-29-23</a> Ch. 3: <a href= "https://shows.acast.com/jacobin-radio/episodes/behind-the-news-prison-carceral-state-iran-saudi-arabia">Behind the News: The State of the Carceral State w/ Wanda Bertram - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 3-20-23</a> Ch. 4: <a href= "https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2021/12/17/angela-davis-on-the-argument-for-police-and-prison-abolition">Angela Davis on the argument for police and prison abolition | UpFront - Al Jazeera English - Air Date 12-17-21</a> Ch. 5: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kI2h3iotA">The Part of History You've Always Skipped | Neoslavery - Knowing Better - Air Date 4-4-22</a> Ch. 6: <a href= "https://www.beyond-prisons.com/home/penitence-for-the-privileged">Penitence for the privileged - Beyond Prisons - Air Date 7</a> Ch. 7: <a href= "https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/debunking-norwegian-prison-reform-as-propaganda-with-oakland-abolition-and-solidarity"> Debunking "Norwegian Prison Reform" As Propaganda with Oakland Abolition and Solidarity - Millennials Are Killing Capitalism - Air Date 3-28-23</a> EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE <a href= "https://www.vera.org/news/eight-ways-you-can-advance-justice-reform-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">8 Ways You Can Advocate for Justice Reform in 2024 (Vera)</a> <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/prison-and-jail-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prison and Jail Reform (Brennan Center for Justice)</a> <a href="https://eji.org/criminal-justice-reform/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Criminal Justice Reform (Equal Justice Initiative)</a> <a href= "https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/end-mass-incarceration/cutting-jail-prison-populations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cutting Jail and Prison Populations (Brennan Center for Justice)</a> SHOW IMAGE Description: Photograph of the outside of Coyote Ridge Corrections Center. Barbed wire lines the fences of the entrance in front of the dark gray cement building with tinted windows. Credit: "A sagebrush sea change from behind barbed wire" by U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Flickr | License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode.en" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY 2.0</a> | Changes: Cropped Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at <a href= "http://www.bestoftheleft.com/">BestOfTheLeft.com</a>

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