How environmental hazards impact incarcerated people

A new database maps the myriad environmental hazards incarcerated people face across the U.S. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Grist senior staff writer Lylla Younes about what the Toxic Prison Mapping Project reveals about environmental conditions for people in prisons, jails and immigrant detention centers.

The audio and data included in this segment were collected by Dr. Ufuoma Ovienmhada and community organizers from the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons.