Last week, we brought you the first part of the latest episode of Sea Change, “Bringing Back the Beach”. Reporter Eva Tesfaye explores the history of Lincoln Beach in New Orleans Beach to learn how segregated beaches led to the lack of public beaches today, and how modern social change movements like Black Lives Matter have inspired activists to campaign for Lincoln Beach’s reopening.

Louisiana has been called the world's "prison capital." But how did it get that name? A new exhibit at the Historic New Orleans Collection wants to answer that question. The “Captive State” exhibit aims to show the connection between slavery and the state's modern-day prison and jail systems.

The Gulf States Newsroom's Kat Stromquist toured the galleries with curator-historian Eric Seiferth to talk about the exhibit  and mass incarceration.

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Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Ryan Vasquez. Our managing producer is Alana Schrieber. Matt Bloom and Aubry Procell are assistant producers. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman.

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