Rattling the Bars: How Maryland is preventing prisoners from getting college degrees

UPDATE (7/1/2022): One day after this segment aired, prison authorities announced that they had “reconsidered” their earlier decision, clearing the way for Atiba to earn his degree.<br /><br />Education is one of the few rehabilitative options available to incarcerated people, yet all across America prisoners are prevented from pursuing their education. “Atiba” Demetrius Brown, for instance, has been dedicated to improving himself and his post-incarceration prospects by taking correspondence courses while incarcerated in Maryland, but thanks to a draconian new decree by the Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services (DPSCS), Atiba can’t take his exams. In this installment of Rattling the Bars, Victor Wallis joins Mansa Musa to discuss the case of “Atiba” Demetrius Brown and the calculated cruelty of the prison-industrial complex.<br /><br />Victor Wallis is a professor in the Liberal Arts Department at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has been involved in prisoner support activities since the 1970s in Indiana, and he is the author of numerous books, including Democracy Denied: Five Lectures on US Politics, which has been used in prison education projects.<br /><br />To contact “Atiba” Demetrius Brown:<br />Demetrius Brown #401226<br />sid #2642892<br />MCTC<br />18800 Roxbury Rd.<br />Hagerstown, MD 21746<br /><br />Pre-Production/Studio/Post-Production: Cameron Granadino<br /><br />Read the transcript of this podcast: <a href="https://therealnews.com/how-maryland-is-preventing-prisoners-from-getting-college-degrees" rel="noopener">https://therealnews.com/how-maryland-is-preventing-prisoners-from-getting-college-degrees</a><br /><br />Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: <br /><br />Donate: <a href="https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtb" rel="noopener">https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtb</a><br />Sign up for our newsletter: <a href="https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtb" rel="noopener">https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtb</a><br /><br />G