{"id":7193,"date":"2013-01-19T16:17:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T21:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2013-01-20T08:58:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T13:58:32","slug":"americas-prison-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/01\/19\/americas-prison-time\/","title":{"rendered":"America’s prison time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Correction:\u00a0 Prison Time airs first on Thursday — not Tuesday.\u00a0 Thanks to Natasha Haverty, who’s helping to produce the series, for noticing the error.]<\/p>\n

In 1973, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller pushed through the now-famous “Rockefeller” drug laws, helping to launch the national war on drugs.<\/p>\n

In the decades that followed, America’s prison population surged from roughly 330,000 to more than 2 million inmates.\u00a0\u00a0 The<\/p>\n

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Inmates at Moriah Shock Correctional Facility in Essex County, NY (Photo: Natasha Haverty)<\/p><\/div>\n

“tough on crime” era changed the way we think about crime and punishment.<\/p>\n

It also sparked a massive wave of prison construction, transforming rural communities across the US.\u00a0 Here in the North Country,<\/p>\n

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Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY (Photo: Natasha Haverty)<\/p><\/div>\n

the incarceration industry — including county, state and Federal lock-ups — is now the single largest employer.<\/p>\n

Beginning on Thursday of next week, we’ll begin a year-long exploration of the four-decade legacy of the Rock laws, here in our region, across New York state and nationwide.<\/p>\n

We’ll be partnering with NPR and other public radio stations and we hope to include you in the conversation.\u00a0 What do you think about the Rock laws, and efforts to reform them?<\/p>\n

It’s the Prison Time Radio Project, debuting next Thursday right here on NCPR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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