26. How Incarceration Diminishes our Democracy

Today we speak with Kristina Mensik from Democracy Behind Bars.  In this truly horrifying but important discussion, you'll hear how we jail more people per capita than any other nation on earth, how we charge them exorbitant prices just to get enough food to eat, and then make them work for less than a dollar an hour. And that's not even the meat of the discussion -- we dig deep into how incarceration functions to suppress the vote, especially in the Black community and other communities of color. Jordan Berg Powers, Jonathan Cohn (absent today), and Anna Callahan chat about Massachusetts politics. This is the audio version of the Incorruptible Mass podcast, season 4 episode 26. The video version is available here. You’re listening to Incorruptible Massachusetts. Our goal is to help people understand state politics: we investigate why it’s so broken, imagine what we could have here in MA if we fixed it, and report on how you can get involved. To stay informed:* Subscribe to our YouTube channel* Subscribe to this podcast* Sign up to get updates at https://www.incorruptiblemass.org/ SHOW LESS