In this backlogged episode of American Archipelago, we have the project's thesis to analyze before we start to review the history of America's prison-industrial complex: "There will never be an empty penitentiary--," not in America, at least not with our current policing regime and drug policy.

Going forward, there will be a transcript available to read on Substack and Medium, or simply google "Big Brother Holding Company," for more history and original fiction, nonfiction, and rarified intellectual honesty...

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