Prisoners of Politics — Why Criminal Justice Ignores Public Safety Data

Crisis in Perception · May 15, 2026 · 43m

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Author: Rachel Elise Barkow

This episode explores Prisoners of Politics by Rachel Elise Barkow as a systems-level analysis of how electoral incentives and prosecutorial power influence criminal justice outcomes.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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