Race & Mental Health in Prison

 

Dr. Reymon Ethnasios and William Noguera discuss race relations in prison. William discusses how primal survival instincts operate in prison, including the formation of large prison gangs, are driven by the herd mentality. In this episode, William explains that racism and race bias perpetuates victimization and discourages individuality. Mental health is also a pressing issue in prisons and although services are available, not many inmates access them. Ultimately, both the prison system and society at large could benefit from a prison system that rehabilitates bc these prisoners will one day return to society. 

1:41                              Race divisions

5:45                             violence is prisons' language  

9:04                             Conscious decision making 

12:05                            Rehabilitation process 

13:20                            Gang culture 

17:40                            Masks

23:12                            Accepting responsibility 

31:10                            Teacher hat 

35:55                            Psychotic breaks 

40:00                            Abusive authorities 

43:30                            Human compassion 

45:53                            Outro 

 

William A. Noguera 

Escape Artist: Memoir of A Visionary Artist on Death Row 

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