About this episode

The episode explores the government's program to mass incarcerate Japanese Americans through the research of former inmates and their advocacy for accountability.

An incarceree-turned researcher and a federal inmate-turned Harvard educated lawyer comb through the archives and begin to peel back all of the layers of the government's program to mass incarcerate Japanese Americans. With their startling findings in hand, they and the Japanese American community set out to force the U.S. government to directly confront its actions.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Maddow

Guests: incarceree-turned researcher, federal inmate-turned Harvard educated lawyer

Topics covered

• mass incarceration
• Japanese Americans
• government accountability
• research
• legal advocacy

Keywords

• mass incarceration
• Japanese Americans
• government program
• research
• advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. government, Harvard, Japanese American community

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