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Longmont Public Media

The Shakedown 131: Does Prison Make Us At Risk?

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Video Description:
Part 2 of Malone’s live, in-studio discussion. In this part, Malone tells stories of his experiences of how prison has actually made life more dangerous for all of us, everyday.
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00:00 – Start
00:13 – Resentments from prison
02:28 – The Prison Cycle
04:46 – The Kill Shot Riots
10:28 – “Treament” in prison
11:50 – Should we take people out of society?
14:50 – How prison enforces “might makes right”
16:13 – The tragic story of James Burke
17:00 – How societal issues get worse in prisons
17:44 – How racism was positively reinforced in the ’90s