Episode
The Problem with Jon Stewart: America's Incarceration Epidemic
Overview
We have a simple philosophy in America: You do the crime, you do the time. But why is the time always a life sentence?
Details
- Series
- The Problem with Jon Stewart
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2023-03-23
- Runtime
- 31 min
Episode context
America's Incarceration Epidemic is Episode 10 in Season 2 of The Problem with Jon Stewart. It aired on 2023-03-23. The runtime is 31 min.
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