Letters From America's 3rd World

Letters From America's 3rd World

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Letters From America's 3rd World episodes

  • ERASE Solitary: A Campaign to End Torture in Washington, D.C.

    This special episode of Letters from America's 3rd World Podcast features DC-based community advocates and returning citizens as they discuss how their lived experiences contribute to their support for the ERASE (Eliminating Restrictive and Segregating Enclosures) Solitary Confinement Act of 2023 - called the ERASE bill for short.

    ERASE Solitary is the Washington, D.C. movement advocating for the passing of the ERASE Bill, started by Unlock the Box DC, the local affiliated coalition of the national Unlock the Box Campaign. Unlock the Box is a national network of local coalitions of organizations and individuals working together to end the use of prolonged solitary confinement in the United States. Working together, these coalitions of advocates, researchers, and people with lived experience of incarceration aim to bring the US in alignment with the United Nations' Standard Minimum Treatment of Prisoners, which identified isolation for longer than 15 days, 22 hours a day, as torture.

    To learn more about the ERASE Act or how you can support this movement to end torture in the Washington, DC visit https://erasesolitary.com/. To learn about how to support this movement in other states, visit https://unlocktheboxcampaign.org/.

    33 min
  • Crap, I'm in Prison: Part II

    What's your Anchor? Dev defines and describes it as a tool to keep you mindful of who you are or want to be, the people in your life, and your vision. Dev and cast discuss how staying anchored was necessary for going through prison and coming out as the person he truly wanted to be. 

    30 min
  • Crap, I'm in Prison: Part I

    Episode is titled, “Crap, I’m in Prison,” inspired by my first journal entry in prison, “Night 1.” It captures the thoughts, emotions, and experiences of Dev's sentencing and first night in prison. Discussions include the judicial & criminal justice system at large, and journaling as a strategic tool for inmates to leverage their time for healing & preparing for release.

    57 min
  • Trailer

    What if the third world isn't in some distant, far off land? What if I told you that there's a third world right in your backyard?


    Letters from America's Third World Podcast takes you on a journey to a whole new world. Here you get to experience life in prison through the eyes of a young college student who, by accident, finds himself in prison.

    Listen as host Devin D. Smith recounts his experience adjusting to life in prison, what felt like to him a third world country. As he recites from his actual prison journals, experience his journey of confronting his fears to survive and mature.

    Music:


    “The Rise”

    The Rise by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley

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    “Solipsism”

    Solipsism by Deoxys Beats | https://soundcloud.com/deoxysbeats1

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    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

    2 min

About Letters From America's 3rd World

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Prison is like a 3rd world in our backyards, visible at any barbed wire-lined facility. Yet, there's a more insidious, invisible 3rd world in our neighborhoods, schools, and jobs, everywhere.