Monthly Archives: June 2018

Broome County Jail is a microcosm for much larger problems in American criminal justice.

To detail how Broome County Jail shows us why we need to dismantle the carceral state, we invited Binghamton University Sociology PhD candidates and prison abolitionists Andy Pragacz and Kevin Revier to Pineal Express.

Andy and Kevin are a part of Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier, or JUST, an organization that advocates for major progressive changes in the carceral system. They also provide direct visitation to incarcerated individuals in need.

Andy and Kevin talked with us about Broome County Jail’s destructive community impact, individual abuses, poor medical care, use of solidarity confinement, racial disparities, denial of education, and actual death.