It's day 1 in our series on the Prison Industrial Complex. Luckily, this episode isn't too heavy because it's just an intro. We're talking about the history of prisons in very broad terms, dating all the way back to pre-U.S. - Mama England. 

Promo: https://www.gettingoffpod.com/

Resources:

https://www.historyrevealed.com/eras/victorians/in-a-nutshell-debtors-prisons/

https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/peonage/

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/british-navy-impressment/

Encyclopedia Britannica

Peterson, James Braxton, et al. Prison Industrial Complex for Beginners. For Beginners, 2016.

Brunch and Budget Podcast - Eps 50-54

Abolishprisons.org

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/

https://www.sentencingproject.org/

13th. Directed by Ava DuVernay, 2016