Episodes

  • Solitary Confinement (Pt. 2)
    Jun 17 2024

    Profs Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss wrongful incarceration compensation, the Pennsylvania Model, solitary and recidivism, solitary and incapacitation, alternative options for solitary, solitary as a means of gang separation, individual inmate experiences in solitary, virtual reality in solitary, and Ricky Stanicky (2024).

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Interview with Lt. Joshua Kennedy
    Jun 3 2024

    Profs Eric Bronson and Beck Strah interview Lt. Joshua Kennedy of West Warwick Police Department and formerly of Rhode Island Department of Corrections. Also discussed are Prison Land: Mapping Carceral Power across Neoliberal America by Brett Story (2019) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009).

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Movie May-nute - Law Abiding Citizen (2009) and Bronson (2008)
    May 20 2024

    Profs Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss Abiding Citizen (2009) and Bronson (2008) with Producer Brit.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Movie May-nute - Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Life (1999)
    May 6 2024

    Profs Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Life (1999) with Producer Brit.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Solitary Confinement (Pt. 1)
    Apr 22 2024

    Profs Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss harmful chemicals in prison water, foam parties, Charles Bronson, the cost of solitary confinement, access to services in solitary, international views on solitary, racial disparities in solitary, staffing for solitary, therapy for solitary individuals, euphemisms, mental health and solitary, and Ernest Goes to Jail (1990).

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Pay-to-Stay Jails
    Apr 8 2024

    Profs Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss Groundhog Day, Law Abiding Citizen (2009), cruise reviews, the state incentives behind pay to stay jails, the two-tiered system of criminal justice, reward structures in prison, jail as rehabilitation vs jail as punishment, justification for pay to stay, pay to stay jail advertising, Mike Lindell, pivoting away from pay to stay, unemployment rates and incarceration, and Milli Vanilli (2023)

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Felon Disenfranchisement (Pt. 2)
    Mar 25 2024

    Profs Bronson and Strah discuss an Australian manhunt for a man released on error, Crocodile Dundee, IHOP pancake eating contests, international felon disenfranchisement, disenfranchisement and white privilege, recidivism and re-enfranchisement, million dollar blocks, permanent disenfranchisement, and How to Be a Serial Killer (2008).

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Felon Disenfranchisement (Pt. 1)
    Mar 11 2024

    Profs Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss Danny Masterson getting repeatedly beaten in prison, prison democracy, differing classes of vote restriction, racial and sex disparities in felon disenfranchisement, Florida being disappointing, felon disenfranchisement as an election tool, taxation without representation, labeling theory, non-voter databases, In with the Devil: a Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene with Hillel Levin, and Rubber (2010).

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    1 hr and 9 mins