Untangle the history of policing in prisons in the United States and the extensive influence these systems have on elections, policy, and governance. 

Kevin Reese (Until We Are All Free), Robert Chase (Carceral Studies, Stony Brook University), and others, with Dan LoPreto (Stanford University Press) will explore how our prison system came to be—one that utilizes paramilitary practices, promotes privatized prisons, and embraces solitary confinement. How does modern day incarceration replicate the same power structures of slavery? How does our reliance on these systems influence our current political state? Our panelists will further contextualize with stories from inside the carceral system—including their own—as well as their experience leading work supporting human rights within these systems.

Image: Protesters block streets as inmates strike on the 45th anniversary of the Attica Uprising. September 9, 2016. Credit Alex Milan Tracy.