Channel: The Real News Network

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Description: Closing prisons and reducing the incarcerated population should be a good thing, but when local economies become dependent on the prison industry it creates many perverse incentives for keeping our inhumane system of mass incarceration going. Residents of Susanville, California, are experiencing this firsthand after the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced the impending deactivation of the California Correctional Center. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, Charles Hopkins, better known as Mansa Musa, is joined by Nicole D. Porter to discuss the prison closure in Susanville and how expanding the prison-industrial complex is neither a just nor viable method for reviving local economies. Nicole D. Porter is the Senior Director of Advocacy at The Sentencing Project, managing state and local advocacy efforts on sentencing reform, voting rights, and eliminating racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Her advocacy has supported criminal justice reforms in several states including Kentucky, Missouri, and California. Porter was named a "New Civil Rights Leader" by Essence Magazine for her work to eliminate mass incarceration. Pre-Production/Studio/Post-Production: Cameron Granadino Read the transcript of this episode: therealnews.com/stop-trying-to-revive-local-economies-with-prisons Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt-rtb Sign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-rtb Get Rattling the Bars updates: therealnews.com/up-yt-rtb Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnews Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews