longreads, 1 month ago " Most jobs in North Carolina prisons pay 40¢, 70¢, or $1 per day—so a streaming bundle could cost a prisoner two weeks’ worth of income, or more. We simply can’t afford the price of entertainment." For Film Comment, #incarcerated journalist Philip Vance Smith II writes about the barriers to watching movies and TV in #prison: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/streaming-behind-bars-phillip-vance-smith-ii/ #Longreads #Movies #TV #Streaming #Incarceration #Jail
" Most jobs in North Carolina prisons pay 40¢, 70¢, or $1 per day—so a streaming bundle could cost a prisoner two weeks’ worth of income, or more. We simply can’t afford the price of entertainment."
For Film Comment, #incarcerated journalist Philip Vance Smith II writes about the barriers to watching movies and TV in #prison: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/streaming-behind-bars-phillip-vance-smith-ii/
#Longreads #Movies #TV #Streaming #Incarceration #Jail
