In this episode, you will get a chance to listen to members (Roni Minter, Nicole Cook Reed, and Mr. Siegal) of the coalition share their different perspectives and tell their personal stories about what it was like to work for vocational programs as a civilian worker and as an incarcerated individual. 

In this episode of Freedom Unshackled, Amaya and Reignie will have an introductory podcast about wages in the prison system. This episode will provide listeners with the basic knowledge about wages while incarcerated to provide a background for upcoming interviews with more formerly incarcerated individuals. 

SOURCES:

https://gothamist.com/news/how-ny-prison-slave-labor-powers-a-50-million-manufacturing-enterprise

https://corcraft.ny.gov/who-we-sell-to

https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-states-new-hand-sanitizer-made-prisoners-paid-average-65-cents-hour

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/novel-coronavirus-briefing-governor-cuomo-announces-state-will-provide-alcohol-based-hand

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/13th-2016

https://time.com/5405158/the-true-history-of-americas-private-prison-industry/

https://www.alec.org/

http://maltajusticeinitiative.org/12-major-corporations-benefiting-from-the-prison-industrial-complex-2/

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/04/10/wages/

https://www.cor.pa.gov/PCI/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.mass.gov/massachusetts-correctional-industries-masscor

CONTENT WARNING

Donald Johnson, one of the leading members of Freedom Unshackled the Coalition, joins us again to discuss sexual assaults in male Prison Facilities.

CONTENT WARNING

Nicole Cook Reed and Roni Minter join us for Part 2 of "What Happens In Albion..." 

Content Warning 

Nicole Cook Reed and Roni Minter join us to explain the truth behind the sexual assault culture at Albion Correctional Facility 

CONTENT WARNING

An introductory episode to season 2, where we will be giving a rundown of what you can expect this season of Freedom Unshackled the Podcast. 

Join us for a quick listen, as we let you in on some of the initiatives that Freedom Unshackled the Coalition has launched this year. See you in 2021!

Tune in to this weeks episode where we meet Josephine, the mother of a currently incarcerated man, serving time in the Florida prison system. Josephine offers us insight into how incarceration not only impacts the individual serving time, but the families and communities they are a part of.

TW- Self Harm 

On this special Thanksgiving episode, we meet formerly incarcerated, food truck owner, Aethena, a.k.a. Chew-Key. She dives into the topic of mealtimes while incarcerated. 

In this week's episode, we introduce another member of The Freedom Unshackled Coalition, Mr. Donald Johnson! Donald shares his experience in and out of the prison system. Donald provides us with a unique experience as a gay, black man, navigating New York City in the 80s.