Race and Politics in Prison Culture

Prisonology Podcast Race & Mental Health in Prison   Dr. Reymon Ethnasios and William Noguera discuss race relations in prison. William discusses how primal survival instincts operate in prison, including the formation of large prison gangs, are driven by the herd mentality. In this episode, William explains that racism and race bias perpetuates victimization and discourages individuality. Mental health is also a pressing issue in prisons and although services are available, not many inmates access them. Ultimately, both the prison system and society at large could benefit from a prison system that rehabilitates bc these prisoners will one day return to society.  1:41                              Race divisions 5:45                             violence is prisons' language   9:04                             Conscious decision making  12:05                            Rehabilitation process  13:20                            Gang culture  17:40                            Masks 23:12                            Accepting responsibility  31:10                            Teacher hat  35:55                            Psychotic breaks  40:00                            Abusive authorities  43:30                            Human compassion  45:53                            Outro    William A. Noguera  Escape Artist: Memoir of A Visionary Artist on Death Row  https://artistwilliamnoguera.com/ https://deathrowdiaries.com/ https://www.instagram.com/william.noguera.art/?hl=en