Black Women are the Most Rapidly Growing Prison Population
Caryn York, executive director of the Job Opportunities Task Force and Nicole Hanson, director of Out for Justice, talk about why black girls are punished more harshly  than any…
Take the Money Out of Prison Slavery
Activists and students continue a national divestment movement to stop the corporate funding of private prisons. Sylvester Owino, a Kenyan immigrant, spent 10 years in an immigrant detention center while…
Hunger Strikes, Uprisings, And The Politics Of Who Gets Released From Prison
TRNN’s Eddie Conway tracks prison uprisings and discusses how these protests could pave the way for radical change in mass incarceration. Producer: Ericka Blount Danois Director/Video Editor: Cameron Granadino Subscribe…
COVID-19 spikes in prison will spread to the larger community
The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice—whose mission is to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the justice system—reports that the rate of COVID cases in federal and state…
Black mass incarceration in the so-called Free State
Until recently, the horrifyingly unjust reality of America’s mass incarceration system has not been a central concern in popular political discourse. In the past few years, however, more people have…
Connecticut made prison phone calls free. Other states should do the same
After Gov. Ned Lamont signed a new bill into law in June, Connecticut became the first state in the US to make phone calls free for incarcerated people, including those…
‘We want Rikers closed and no new jails in its place!’
COVID-19 turned what were already inhumane conditions at Rikers Island, New York’s most notorious jail, into a full-blown humanitarian crisis. Prisoners, activists, and legal advocates are demanding it be closed…
Alabama is using COVID relief funds to build prisons
President Joe Biden signed a major $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that provided funds to cities and states around the country to recover from devastating effects of the pandemic. Regardless…
Mutulu Shakur denied compassionate release despite terminal cancer diagnosis
After 36 years behind bars as a political prisoner, Mutulu Shakur is on his deathbed. The movement elder, healer, and radical Black freedom fighter was diagnosed with stage 3 bone…
Why are so many LGBTQ people incarcerated in the US?
“At least 40% of people incarcerated in American women’s prisons identify somewhere under the broad lesbian-bisexual-trans-queer umbrella—a shocking statistic that holds true when looking at detention centers for youths as…
Prisons are an environmental catastrophe
Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/the-prison-industrial-complex-is-an-environmental-catastrophe “As a result of being on or near wastelands, prisons constantly expose those inside to serious environmental hazards, from tainted water to harmful…
Eric King ‘assaulted by guards, assaulted by Nazis’
Eric King is an antifascist, antiracist, anarchist activist who is currently serving a 10-year federal prison sentence for throwing Molotov cocktails into an empty government office in Kansas City, Missouri,…
Rattling the Bars: Cholera in Haiti’s prisons, free them now!
Cases of cholera have been confirmed at Haiti’s National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince. Cholera, which spreads through unsanitary water, has become endemic in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake, and is believed…
Rattling the Bars: Alabama prisoners on strike
TRNN contributor Michael Sainato returns to ‘Rattling the Bars’ to discuss the system-wide strike in Alabama’s state prisons. The strike is focused on both improving the living conditions of prisoners…
Rattling the Bars: America’s rural county jail boom w/Stephen Janis and Taya Graham
Read the transcript of this video: https://therealnews.com/booming-rural-county-jails-are-now-the-main-driver-of-mass-incarceration-study-says Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of Police Accountability Report join Rattling the Bars to discuss a new report from the Vera Institute on…
Rattling the Bars: Susanville, California, prison ordered to close by judge
A judge has ruled a Susanville, California, prison to close, ending a drawn-out legal battle between the town, the state government, and advocates. Brian Kaneda, Shakeer Rahman, and General Dogan…
Rattling the Bars: Man wrongfully imprisoned for 26 years speaks out
After being wrongfully incarcerated at the age of 19, Lacino Hamilton fought to free himself through journalism, and by educating himself and his fellow prisoners.  Lacino Hamilton is a…
Rattling the Bars: Black August and the fight to free political prisoners, with the Jericho Movement
Jericho Movement activists fighting for the release of freedom fighters from US prisons speak on the meaning and purpose of Black August. Jihad Abdulmumit is the Chairperson of the National…
Rattling the Bars: Repurposing prisons can revitalize rural America
The economic fortunes of rural communities across the United States are often deeply intertwined with the prison industrial complex. This poses a real challenge to the project of ending mass…
Rattling the Bars: Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian boy imprisoned by Israel at age 13
Now 20, Manasra has spent a third of his life in prison. A hearing on Aug. 16 will determine whether to release him from seven months of solitary confinement. Rattling…
Meet the women fighting Nevada’s prison system | Rattling the Bars
Return Strong Executive Director Jodi Hocking and Community Organizer Ashley Gaddis join Rattling the Bars to discuss the fight against mass incarceration in Nevada. Return Strong website: https://www.returnstrongnv.org/ Help us…
Rikers Island’s Deadliest Year with Olayemi Olurin | Rattling the Bars
Editor’s note: This interview was filmed on Dec. 1, 2022. A 19th person, Edgardo Mejia, died at Rikers on Sunday, Dec. 11. 19 people died on Rikers Island in 2022,…
‘Tax Broke’ Baltimore’s Dirty Secret | Rattling the Bars
The new documentary ‘Tax Broke’ explores how city tax subsidies pushed in the name of economic development transferred taxpayer money into the pockets of the rich while leaving Baltimore no…
Rattling the Bars: He was supposed to be out on parole, but ICE deported him to Cambodia
Phoeun You was supposed to be released on parole after serving 26 years in prison for murder. Instead, he was handed over to ICE, who deported him to Cambodia, a…
Rattling the Bars: Prison slavery in America
This year, 5 US states are considering amendments to their constitutions to remove language similar to the 13th Amendment. Historian Robert T. Chase joins Rattling the Bars to discuss what…
Rattling the Bars: San Quentin Prison is a COVID deathtrap
In 2020, at least 23 people died at San Quentin State Prison in California due to COVID-19. Two years later, COVID-19 remains a clear and present threat to incarcerated people,…