Attica Lives - Abolish All Prisons Podcast

This episode is about the Cummins Unit in Arkansas. One of the most shocking researches I’ve ever conducted, focussing on the horrific crimes, partly uncovered by Murton. What systematic murder and Governor Rockefeller has to do with these events, you’ll find out in this episode. CN: torture, death, abuse, systematic murder, sexism, hate crime, racism Timestamps: 00:00 - 04:00: Introduction 04:00...

This episode we will discover the first prison of the United States, which is not only to be understood as a model prison in terms of solitary confinement but also set the fundament of the Prison Industrial Complex. Timestamp: 00:00 - 04:00: Introduction 04:00 - 10:00: The Pre History of the Walnut Street Prison 10:00 - 25:00: The Development of Walnut Street Prison 25:00 - 37:00: Forced Labor in...

In this episode, we talk about faith in prison. What does faith mean for people incarcerated? What’s the legal base of religion in prison? What does that have to do with discrimination? Timestamps: 00:00 - 02:30: Introduction 02:20 - 08:16: RLIUPA and the legal base of faith in prison 08:16 - 18:00: Discrimination of faith in prison (CN: death penalty, police brutality, violence) 18:00 - 35:00: Sp...

Rest in Peace, Rodney Hulin. This episode deals with the Ellis Unit in Texas. We learn the history of that prison, law enforcement brutality and hear from stories from (former) people incarcerated there. We also learn some pop cultural references. CN: Rape, Suicide, Murder, Death Penalty (which is murder), Racism, Timestamps: 00:00 - 03:04: Introduction 03:04 - 06:57: The History and the Construct...

This is the most important episode of this podcast. In this episode, we learn what the PIC exactly is and how it is connected to other terms like mass incarceration, the War on Drugs and The New Jim Crow. We learn why the US keeps people incarcerated to generate profit and who is involved in that. Timestamps: 00:00 - 03:23: Introduction 03:23 - 09:10: The Prison Industrial Complex & The Normalisat...

In this episode we’ll make a journey through the history of the Folsom State Prison in California! What Johnny Cash had to do with Folsom and how creative people are when it comes to escaping that hell, you’ll find out in this episode. Timestamps: 00:00 - 03:22: Introduction 03:22 - 09:00: Folsom Prison Blues and Johnny Cash 09:00 - 27:30: Folsom Prison History 27:30 - 35:07: Glen Sherley, The Gre...

CN: racism In this episode I explain based on the book „The New Jim Crow“ by Michelle Alexander why the US justice system is based on slavery and how slavery has an impact today in the incarceration system. Timestamps: 00:00 - 12:30: The history of slavery and colonialism 12:30 - 20:30: The Jim Crow laws as a continuation of slavery 20:30 - 34:17: The New Jim Crow and the current justice system re...

Timestamps: 00:00 - 13:12: Introduction 13:12 - 23:50: Mass Incarceration and its history 23:50 - 42:12: The War on Drugs and the legal legitimacy of repression of people who are using drugs 42:12 - 47:26: Critical Thoughts & Racism in the US system & The 13th Amendment #abolishtheprisonsystem References: Britannica – War on Drugs
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2025. War on Drugs. [online] Available at...