#015 - Jarrett Adams - The Prison Industrial Complex
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Jarrett Adams is a defense attorney, author, and founder of Life After Justice, a nonprofit focused on fighting wrongful convictions and supporting reintegration for exonerated individuals.
In this episode, we get into his story of being wrongfully convicted at 17, the realities of navigating the criminal justice system, and the harsh conditions inside a supermax prison. We discuss the systemic issues that lead to wrongful convictions, including overburdened public defenders, incentivized witnesses, and racial bias in jury selection. We also explore the prison industrial complex, its economic incentives, and how it profits from incarcerated individuals.
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| 0:00.0 | I was convicted. I'm sentenced to serve 28 years in prison. I'm 17 years old turning 18, |
| 0:06.4 | supposed to be starting college. Instead, I was starting a 28-year sentence in a super maximum |
| 0:11.8 | security prison in deep in Wisconsin. It didn't become real until I heard them say guilty, |
| 0:19.1 | because I just knew for a fact. |
| 0:21.3 | People who did not do anything wrong don't go to prison. |
| 0:24.1 | And that's not what happened. |
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