In dieser Folge spreche ich über den Prison Industrial Complex, was ein komplexes Gebilde aus Politik, Ökonomie und Gesellschaft bezeichnet und wie dies mit Mass Incarceration, dem War on Drugs und The New Jim Crow zusammenhängt.

Timestamps:

00:00 - 06:00: Opening und Einleitung

06:00 - 17:00: Angela Davis, Normalisierung von Gefängnissen und Kriminalisierung von Menschen

17:00 - 31:00: Zusammenhänge zwischen Prison Industrial Complex, dem War on Drugs und systemische Kritik

31:00 - 45:00: Symbiose von Prison Industrial Complex und Military Industrial Complex

45:00 - 01:01:39: Unternehmen, die öffentlich bekannt, Prison Labour nutzen: Von Victorias Secret bis American Airlines

01:01:38 - 01:09:22: Zitate von Inmates bezüglich Ausbeutung und Modern Slavery

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