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Maryland Extends the Carceral State to Children and Youth
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
15 Mar 2024
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Black Agenda Radio Ā· Maryland Extends the Carceral State to Children and Youth

Gus Griffin is an independent sportswriter, a member of the Black Alliance for Peace Africa team and the Ujima People’s Progress Party. He joins us from Prince George’s County Maryland to discuss that state’s new legislation which allegedly reforms juvenile justice but which is in fact an expansion of the carceral state to include young children.

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