Catherine Nkuo: Racism continues to play a significant role in the arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment of black citizens. This podcast explores the question of whether there is systematic racism in US law enforcement, and how this facilitates mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex in America. It analyses the emergence of the US carceral state and how policing has become an ongoing concern for black people during anti-police movements in the 1960s to the Black Live Matter movements today.

Acknowledgements:

Special thanks to Interviewees: Dr Lydia Plath Associate Professor of US History at the University of Warwick

Dr Eduardo Mendieta Professor of Philosophy at Penn State University

Dr Max Felker Kantor Assistant Professor of History at Ball State University

Producer: Catherine Nkuo