Prisoners allege abuse at shock camps
b'On March 10, the Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility in upstate New York closed its doors. Opponents to the closure said that the Moriah Shock facility provided essential jobs for the community and that the military bootcamp style of the program at so-called \\u201cshock" camps helps inmates recover from issues with alcohol and drug abuse. But is this true? What are \\u201cshock\\u201d camps? What goes on there? And do they actually help incarcerated people? In this episode of Rattling the Bars, Mansa Musa speaks with Keri Blakinger about the closure of the Moriah facility and about her recent article on \\u201cshock\\u201d camps, "\'A Humiliating Experience\\u2019: Prisoners Allege Abuse at Discipline-focused \\u2018Shock\\u2019 Camps.\\u201d
Keri Blakinger is a staff writer for The Marshall Project whose work focuses on prisons and jails. She writes \\u201cInside Out,\\u201d a regular column published in collaboration with NBC News. She previously covered criminal justice for the Houston Chronicle, and her work has appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, VICE, the New York Daily News, and The New York Times. She is the The Marshall Project\\u2019s first formerly incarcerated reporter. Her memoir, Corrections in Ink, comes out in June 2022.
\\ufeffRead the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/the-shocking-truth-about-what-prisoners-endure-at-shock-camps
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