About this episode

Patrick discusses with Nicole Carpenter the access to video games for prisoners at Rikers and the implications of that access.

Patrick sits down with Nicole Carpenter to discuss her article on the prisoners at Rikers prison and their access to video games. Which games are provided to them, and who gets to make that decision? They also break down the biases people carry about who should have access to games, and how that access changes the prisoners' day to day life. A Virtual Escape for Riker's Inmates by Nicole Carpenter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Patrick

Guest: Nicole Carpenter

Topics covered

• video games
• prison
• access
• bias
• day to day life

Keywords

• video games
• prisoners
• Rikers
• access
• biases
• day to day life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rikers prison

Books & works: A Virtual Escape for Riker's Inmates

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