BackStory - Serving Time: Punishment in America
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For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is behind bars. For black men between the ages of 20 and 34, that figure is one in nine. Our incarceration rate dwarfs that of every other nation, but our overall crime rate is average for Western countries. How did we get to this point? How did Americans used to punish wrongdoers, and what does that have to do with today?s prison-industrial complex? Have the various prison reform movements worked? Or have they made things worse?
Broadcast History
Aired on two radio stations in Virginia July 12 and 13, and Odessa Tx July 13.
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Billboard :59
In: From VFH Radio in Charlottesville, VA this is BackStory...
Out First this news.
Show 52:58
In: This is BackStory, with us, the American History Guys..."
Out: "Ed Ayers is President and Professor of History at the University of Richmond." followed by :23 sec music - 'I shall be relieved..." slow fade.
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