{"id":2424,"date":"2020-12-05T16:06:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jyo.world\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2022-06-29T11:30:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T11:30:03","slug":"what-is-the-prison-industrial-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jyo.world\/staging\/2051\/what-is-the-prison-industrial-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Prison Industrial Complex?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Critical Resistance presents \u201cBreaking Down the Prison Industrial Complex,\u201d a series of videos as part of our Profiles in Abolition initiative. The videos in the series explore the current state of the prison industrial complex (PIC) and how people are fighting back to resist and abolish it. As always, we feature abolition as a strategy to dismantle systems of harm and punishment in favor of systems that increase health, stability, and self-determination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, Mary Hooks breaks down what the Prison Industrial Complex consists of at its core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mary Hooks, &quot;What is the prison industrial complex?&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QtLCJc1E6Ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCd8i8hGEeAqylG5sF-DZwDQ\/videos\">Critical Resistance&#8217;s Youtube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critical Resistance presents \u201cBreaking Down the Prison Industrial Complex,\u201d a series of videos as part of our Profiles in Abolition initiative. 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