How do prisons shape society and gender? ✶ with Jaden Janak

In many ways, the existence of police and prisons may feel natural to many people. However, Schuyler sits down with Professor and Scholar Jaden Janak to discuss how the Prison Industrial Complex we know today is actually a recent invention, and how this system serves those in power. Together they gather insight before Schuyler answers today's main question: How do prisons shape society and gender? This episode was recorded in April 2023 Black and Pink PenPal program A guide to the Prison Industrial Complex by Critical Resistance