Ep. 680 - Let me explain what's REALLY happening to Kastellio Vaughn

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

For the past few days as we've told the story of the egregious human rights violations and criminal neglect of Kastellio Vaughn I see people asking some form of this question...What's REALLY going on with him? Because they are having a hard time believing that a prison would actually treat a man as horribly as they are treating him.

Today I want to answer that question very clearly for all of us.

All over this country, but doubly so in Alabama, from slavery until today, incarcerated men and women have been treated like throwaway people - in great part because they are counting on us either never finding out - or not actually caring once we do.

Let me unpack and explain what's really going on.

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
0:03.0	Or Christmas markets on a city break?
0:06.5	Skiing? Or a city break?
0:09.0	Some problems are good problems to have.
0:12.0	Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way
0:17.0	and package holidays from £159 per person.
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0:24.0	Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights,
0:28.0	restrictions and season C's apply.
0:30.0	Today I want to explain to you what's really going on with Castileo Vaughan.
0:37.0	I think I have enough insight now having spoken to his family,
0:43.0	having talked to brothers that are in the prison where he was,
0:48.0	the prison where he is now, and to black men that are in at least eight other prisons around Alabama.
0:57.0	I have a very good idea what's really going on.
1:03.0	Let me unpack and explain it because a lot of you have questions like how could this be happening?
1:08.0	Why are they doing this to him?
1:10.0	Let me answer those questions. Let me unpack and explain it.
1:13.0	This is Sean King and you are listening to The Breakdown.
1:35.0	I've spent the past few days trying to understand the Alabama prison system
1:42.0	and you damn it, I have to go back to the Civil War,
1:47.0	pre-Civil War, slavery, like the Alabama prison system has deep ugly roots.
1:56.0	And that's so relevant because in Alabama, black people have been treated as throwaway people
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