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In most states, a person may be held for up to 72 hours for treatment and evaluation of a suspected mental illness. Sometimes, 72 hours can't tell the whole story.The Next 72 Hours brings you the lived realities of Black people navigating the American mental health system. In each episode, psychiatrists Dr. Dani Hairston and Dr. Nwayieze Ndukwe break down and delve into stories of people seeking (or not seeking) mental health help and the repercussions that come with either decision. Through current events and historical happenings, the hosts and their guests explore provocative questions about medicine, society, racism, and mental health. Every hold has a story. Every story has a history.

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2 - Medical Experimentation & Pathologizing the Black Experience

August 30, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 2

In this episode, Nwayieze and Dani discuss the pathologizing of Black experiences and Black bodies by looking at the history of the Holmesburg Prison experiments. For more than twenty years, the Philadelphia county jail was the site of a myriad of human experiments performed on unknowing inmates. Author Allen Hornblum joins the hosts to discuss what he saw while he worked at Holmesburg and Adrianne Jones-Alston shares the story of her father, Leodus Jones, who was briefly incarcerated at Holmesburg and participated in these experiments. How did the University of Pennsylvania Medical School allow this to happen and why has there not been any REAL justice for those whose lives were forever altered by what happened?

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“Faster Bassier” (theme song) by DJ Fatha Julz

“Dreary Boots” by DJ Fatha Julz

“Releasing the Sculpture” by Podington Bear // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC

“The Gall” by Podington Bear // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC

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