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Podcast: Indy Audio
Episode: Matthew Thomas Interviewed on WBAI by The Indypendent
Description: We speak with writer and researcher Matt Thomas, the author of the Vulgar Marxist Substack and a keen observer of the workings of the judicial machinery here in New York. After steadily trending downward for many years, the population of incarcerated persons at Rikers Island is once again rising even though the majority of detainees have not had a trial. This is due in part to the role of law-and-order judges and the politicians who help them rise through the judicial ranks.