The Brooklyn Cocktail Hour

03/12/2017

For all adminis of the Brooklyn Cocktail Hour Podcast we need to have a meeting ASAP....

01/23/2017

Hey everyone!!! We are back!! Our first episode of the second season will be dropping soon!!..and we get it in about post election and some feelings about Trumps cabinet...stay tune!

09/23/2016

The largest prison work strike in U.S. history has entered its third week. The Intercept reports that as of last week at least 20 prisons in 11 states continued to protest, including in Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, South Carolina and Washington. The Inc...

09/20/2016

Hey Everyone. We get deep this week with our final installment about Policing in America as we tackle Prisons. Listen to the new episode via Podbean and Apple iTunes

http://thebrooklyncocktailhour.podbean.com/e/ep10-prisons/?token=1614fa79a9b8b8d7c249187e7fca2cb5

This week we finish our three part series with prisons. ...

09/20/2016

09/19/2016

This week we discuss for-profit prisons, the profit motivations of private prison corporations and the inhumane conditions in some of America's most notorious prisons. In the meantime, check out this great article from the Intercept on one of the largest prison strikes in U.S history.

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/16/the-largest-prison-strike-in-u-s-history-enters-its-second-week/

A mass refusal to engage in prison labor began on September 9, the anniversary of the 1971 Attica prison uprising.

09/15/2016

Stay tuned for the third installment of our justice in America series where we discuss the American Prison system and discuss private prisons and there affect not only on people who are incarcerated but on communities as a whole.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/prison-privatization_b_1414467.html

"Mass incarceration on a scale almost unexampled in human history is a fundamental fact of our country today -- perhaps the fundamental fact,...

08/19/2016

Interesting

This is historic.

08/12/2016

Happy Friday everyone! Stay tuned for our upcoming episodes on The Two-Tiered Justice System and Prisons in America! Check out this great Guardian article about how dangerous Private Federal Prisons actually are!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/12/private-federal-prisons-more-dangerous-justice-department

‘Low risk’ inmates at contract prisons were nine times more likely to be placed on lockdown and put in solitary confinement than others in the federal system

08/06/2016

Hey Everyone! It's been a crazy few weeks! Sorry for the long absence! A fresh new episode is up and ready for your earholes! Check out Episode 7 where we discuss Policing in America!

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Welcome to the Brooklyn Cocktail Hour! Join us for our weekly round table discussion on politics, society, culture and all the other complications of life....

07/11/2016

07/10/2016

So for our next episode we will be discussing policing ...now here is an example of a topic you will here from us on the upcoming episode...police who get know the community and the people in which they are policing