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Punished and Persecuted for Being Unhoused, Part 1

Punished and Persecuted for Being Unhoused, Part 1

From70 Million


Punished and Persecuted for Being Unhoused, Part 1

From70 Million

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Nov 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In Los Angeles, thousands of people who live outside have to navigate the insecurities caused by homelessness, the ire of housed neighbors, and the city penalizing them for their circumstances. In one park, months of efforts to remove unhoused people culminated in a showdown with police. Reporter Mark Betancourt investigates in this episode, part one of a two-part series about the criminalization of homelessness.Find a resource guide and annotated transcript at our website here.
Released:
Nov 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (60)

This award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and to chronicle the progress ground-up efforts have made in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, adoption of technology and other crucial aspects of the move toward decarceration at local levels.