Rachel Catherine Allen
Beyond Broken: A Firsthand Look into The American Federal Prison System
EPISODE 5: Guards
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EPISODE 5: Guards

“Always blame a prisoner. No matter what happens..."

It’s easy to want to reduce the guards to hulking, stereotypical bullies.

But doing that both mitigates their culpability — because if they’re not a human just like you and me, they can’t be held to the same standards of responsibility as we are — and glosses over the very few bright spots of people actually doing the right thing.

In this episode, we’re taking a look at what the guards actually do at Seagoville — the good, the bad, and the extremely strange.

Find the transcript and detailed shownotes, pics, links, and footnotes for this episode at rachelcatherineallen.com

Here’s a link, if that’s easier.

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