Interview from prison: What an inhumane carceral system does to human psyches | RTB

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/exclusive-interview-from-prison-carla-j-simmons-on-what-an-inhumane-carceral-system-does-to-human-psyches<br /><br />In this urgent, exclusive interview for <i>Rattling the Bars</i>, Mansa Musa speaks with Carla J. Simmons from inside the Georgia prison system, as well as Page Dukes of the <a href="https://www.schr.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Southern Center for Human Rights</a>. Simmons, who has been incarcerated since 2004, <a href="https://scalawagmagazine.org/2022/11/incarceration-trauma/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">recently published an article in <i>Scalawag</i> magazine</a> on the irreparable psychological damage our inhumane system of mass incarceration inflicts on incarcerated people, prison staff, and the communities returning citizens re-enter upon their release. “There needs to be accountability for the psychological damage caused by incarceration as more and more members of society experience it, for longer periods of time,” Simmons writes. “If society upholds the pretense that jails and prisons act as a rehabilitative service, we must consider what condition these people will be in when they re-enter society.”<br /><br />Pre-Production: Frances Madeson, Kayla Rivara, Cameron Granadino<br />Studio/Post-Production: Cameron Granadino<br /><br />Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: <br />Donate: <a href="https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtb</a><br />Sign up for our newsletter: <a href="https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtb</a><br />Get Rattling the Bars updates: <a href="https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtb</a><br />Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/therealnews" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">h