Beyond Prisons

About Beyond Prisons

Beyond Prisons is a podcast on justice, mass incarceration, and prison abolition. Hosted by @phillyprof03 & @bsonenstein

Publisher

Beyond Prisons

Category

news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Apr 2017

Latest episode

10 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 126 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   10 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   When Treatment Comes at the Cost of Freedom

   Host Kim Wilson interviews Natasha Baker, Supervising Attorney at UnCommon Law, about how flawed drug tests deny parole and cost people their freedom.

2. 

   16 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   in-Care-Ceration Episode 5: Prisons

   In this episode we talk about mental and physical healthcare in Washington's prisons.  We speak with Tony Tyson, Queen J, and Darnell Jones, all incarcerated voices in our state, who talk to us about accessing care in prison, and also what they or the people around them have done to get or create care. Content warning: this episode includes first-hand accounts of medical neglect and suicidality in prison. In-Care-Ceration was written and produced by Leah Montange and Meredith Ruff.

3. 

   16 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   In-Care-Ceration Episode 6: Care Reform, Care Otherwise

   In this episode we explore ways that people are working to build a more caring and care-full world, and to address the harms of our carceral systems whether they are prisons, jails, or hospitals. Some of the people we talk to are interested in engaging with Washington State to change systems, and others are more interested in finding ways to do care otherwise, outside of state systems. This episode features the words of Scout Smedley, SYP, Cindi Fisher, Joshua Wallace, Lauara Van Tosh, Chris Carney, Shaun Glaze, and LeTania Severe, as well as Patreece Spence. We'd like to dedicate this episode, and the whole series to those who lost their lives or their loved ones' lives – physically or socially - to carceral systems; and to all who have devoted their lives to creating a more just, caring future, one where we aren't relying on cages or confinement to solve social problems. Thank you! In-Care-Ceration was written and produced by Leah Montange and Meredith Ruff.

Inside a recent episode

When Treatment Comes at the Cost of Freedom

Published 10 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so providing people with treatment that helps them address the reasons that may have led them to prison in the first place is essential to make sure that they have a successful reentry upon release. I mean, there's also just a broader point, right, that we want people to get help. If people are suffering from addiction, They are suffering from a disease. Having a substance use disorder is considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and they deserve treatment for that. And it is treatable, right? There are solutions, there are programs, there is medication that is proven to work. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

234 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

37 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

95

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