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During the war in Vietnam, there was a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon called Long Binh Jail. But LBJ wasn’t for capt...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 11, 2018
- Length: 18:19
- Purchases: 1
Formerly incarcerated people and officials in Pima County are joining efforts to send fewer people to jail. Meanwhile a federal program at the bord...
- Added: Sep 11, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
It's Father's Day in the Lake County, California Correctional Facility. Listen as men get live messages from their children, as well as significant...
- Added: Jun 14, 2018
- Length: 58:09
In Kate Robin's Inside Voice, two parents watching their toddlers having fun in an indoor playground take on the big wide world beyond. Hear an exc...
- Added: Jan 30, 2018
- Length: 33:45
Every story has to start at the beginning. Travel with us to North Carolina and meet our Hustler, Keron McHugh, his past is NOT for the faint of he...
- Added: Nov 30, 2017
- Length: 25:02
The Hustler Files is stories set around ex-offenders and their second chances as they strive to pursue entrepreneurship, be productive citizens and...
- Added: Nov 20, 2017
- Length: 02:56
The lack of literal human connection in prison can take its toll on inmates and their families. A grassroots bus service in Indiana transports fami...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 12, 2017
- Length: 03:40
- Purchases: 3
This week, we return to the story of Clinton “Boo” Gilkie, who died one year ago- on June 7, 2016- in the Monroe County Jail. We discussed the cir...
- Added: Jun 18, 2017
- Length: 29:38
This week on Kite Line we feature Arianna Staiger, daughter of Marius
Mason, an anarchist prisoner who used to live and organize in
Bloomington. Ar...
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 29:55
June 7th marks the one year anniversary of the death of Clinton Gilkie, and so we devote our June 2nd and June 16th episodes of Kite Line to his st...
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 29:55
The death penalty is the barest, most explicit aspect of state violence. Relatively few people are sentenced to death, and even fewer are actively,...
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 29:58
This week we share news and stories from two people who have been caught up in very different ways in the web of prison. Both Bresha Meadows and Pa...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 30:10
This week we feature an interview with Patrick, who reflects on his
experience with addiction and prison. His story is both deeply personal
and ana...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 30:10
For prisons to function smoothly and profitably, the major tools of
control – violence, surveillance, separation – must be complimented by a
host o...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 29:13
This week, we focus on the closing of a volunteer-run dorm in the Monroe County Jail. The Addicts in Recovery, or AIR Dorm, has been a unique part ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 29:05
Reported news feature exploring how an explosion of arrests related to meth have stressed county jails and inspired treatment options. Produced by ...
- Added: Jun 01, 2017
- Length: 07:16
In this episode, we speak to people with experience with both homelessness and incarceration. Often, there is a cyclical relationship between these...
- Added: Mar 29, 2017
- Length: 29:50
Our topic this week is creativity behind bars. We showcase poetry from prisoners working with the Indiana Prisoners' Writing Project, a piece by Sh...
- Added: Jan 16, 2017
- Length: 28:19
This week, we hear some prison-related news and then return to the topic of pregnancy in prison. We continue our discussion with Dr. Alicia Suarez,...
- Added: Jan 16, 2017
- Length: 28:03
We learn about the Chicago Community Bond Fund, a group that bails people out of Chicago's Cook County Jail and strives to end pretrial detention....
- Added: Oct 28, 2016
- Length: 29:31
Meet LePriest Valentine, who kept winding up in the only sanctuary he could find after getting out of jail: Skid Row.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 4
All prisoners have the right to marry, but there are lots of restrictions. You can't exchange rings or request a special ceremony, there's thick gl...
Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 07:09
- Purchases: 3
Thousands of Los Angeles County prisoners are housed in Pitchess Detention center. For visitors, the journey to the jail can take all day. The clos...
Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 06:55
- Purchases: 3
If you have the money, getting out of jail can be straightforward. If you don't, you're going to need some help.
Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 07:25
- Purchases: 3
One small neighborhood of Los Angeles accounted for thousands of bookings into county jail over a five year period.
Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 07:10
- Purchases: 3
