Interview: Tamara Perkins, director and producer of "Life After Life"
When it comes to locking up young people, the US leads the industrialized world. And though youth incarceration rates have been declining for the last two decades, adult prisons still contain many...
View ArticlePhilosophy Talk asks about life and death in prison
What rights should convicted felons be expected to forfeit before prison becomes cruel and unusual punishment?
View ArticleSan Quentin Prison Report: The Cardman
When we're children we believe in magic but as you get older skepticism takes over. But it's a different story for people who run into The Cardman at San Quentin State Prison.
View ArticleSan Quentin Prison Report: Lady Jay talks about being transgender in prison
Four thousand inmates are housed at San Quentin, a men’s prison in Marin County. Only a small handful of them identify as transgender. Reporter Louis A. Scott has the story of how one of them learned...
View ArticleSan Quentin Prison Report: Coping with death from inside
For people who are incarcerated, it can be hard to find a space to grieve a loved one's death. There's no funeral, and no family or friends by your side to help ease the pain. Reporter Greg Eskridge...
View ArticleYour Call: Weapons of Math Destruction
On the October 13th edition of Your Call, we’ll speak with Cathy O’Neil about her new book Weapons of Math Destruction .
View ArticleSan Quentin Prison Report: Guiding rage into power
Guiding rage into power, or G.R.I.P., is a 52-week program for violent offenders at San Quentin. It teaches the men how to understand the impact they had on their victims, how to stop their violent...
View ArticlePoetic Justice for a Berkeley playwright
It’s rare for a play to make its Bay Area premiere on Alcatraz, but then, this is no ordinary play — and the Poetic Justice Project is no ordinary theater company.
View ArticleYour Call: What one woman's journey can teach us about reforming the US...
We’ll have a conversation with prison reform activist, Susan Burton, about her book Becoming Ms. Burton .
View ArticleThe environmental costs of prisons
The cruel and inhumane conditions that many prison inmates live in have been well documented. On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss environmental factors that can make prison even more difficult,...
View ArticleMedia Roundtable: Wheeler's EPA & and the Nationwide Prison Strike
On September 8, people in cities around the world are taking to the streets to call on local leaders to commit to transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy. The actions in San Francisco will...
View Article‘Lifer’ brings 52 years of prison to the stage
Oakland resident Glenn Bailey is 85 years old. He spent 52 of those years in the penal system. Bailey was in an out of jail for most of his life, and he’s never denied the crime that got him in the...
View ArticleWhat happens during a lockdown at San Quentin?
A lockdown happens when correctional officers decide there is a threat to the safety and security of a prison. That might be a fight, an assault, or a race riot. So what's it like in a lockdown?
View ArticleThe misunderstood epidemic of domestic violence
On this edition of Your Call, Rachel Louise Snyder discusses her new book, No Visible Bruises —What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us. Every single minute in the US, 20 people are...
View ArticlePhilosophy Talk: Philosophy Behind Bars
What is it like to teach philosophy in prison. What is it like to study philosophy while serving time?
View ArticleJeff Hayden Welcomes Mz Shirliz Transitional Inc
A true story of redemption. SHIRLEY LAMARR aka Mz-Shirliz Ms. Shirley went from a life of drugs and crime to become a beacon of light that has saved countless lives. "A special thank you to three of...
View ArticleSpecial: Prisoners Face Coronavirus
Disease can spread quickly in prisons. In this special conversation from Uncuffed , the men of Solano Prison share their thoughts on the global coronavirus pandemic, and what it would mean if it came...
View ArticlePrison Rights Advocates Call On State To Stop Spread Of COVID-19
Last month, over a hundred people were transferred from a San Bernardino County prison — a known COVID-19 hotspot — to San Quentin State Prison. Now, over two weeks later, there’s at least 30 confirmed...
View ArticleYLR: Your Evolving Right to Bail
Our system of Bail has evolved from where someone would await your trial in your stead to make sure you showed up, to where you posted money to make sure you showed up, to where you posted money to...
View ArticleQueer Comix from prison depict incarcerated life
Casper Cendre started writing letters to queer people in prison when they were in high school. Cendre wanted to know what queer life was like from the inside. Since then, he’s received thousands of...
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