Alabama Prisons At A Breaking Point with Matthew Vernon Whalan

Today, we are joined by independent journalist, oral historian, and qualitative researcher Matthew Vernon Whalan to dissect his vital book out from Kersplebedeb: Bullock: Chronicles of Deprivation and Despair in the American Prison. While mainstream political commentary frequently fixates on explicitly private, corporate-run prisons, Whalan shifts our focus to the state-run system. Drawing on my own professional background as a former corrections officer in Georgia, we expose a deeper, more p...