We launch into this episode with our monthly roundup of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle. Afterwards, we have audio from a prisoner, Paul Lee, reporting on a massive transfer of inmates back in February from Pontiac, Illinois correctional facility to Centralia Correctional Center due to an ongoing black mold problem, which had been accumulating at the facility for …
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Welcome to this month’s edition of Prescription for Healthcare – a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. In the February edition of the show, hosts Karen Green Stone and Dr. Rob Stone speak with award-winning journalist Suzanne Gordon about how the healthcare system when it comes to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. …
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On Kite Line this week, we share two interviews with advocates working on the physical well-being of those locked inside. The first conversation we hear is with Olivia, who is part of a group trying to get the word out about unsafe conditions at the California Medical Facility, or CMF, a prison for inmates with medical conditions. This facility …
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A limited supply of about 5,000 Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive at IU Health Bloomington Hospital later this week. Last Wednesday, the Monroe County Board of Health discussed its strategy for distributing the Covid-19 vaccine – which will likely be from the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer. Penny Caudill, Monroe County Health Administrator, said said healthcare workers are a top priority …
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This is the first of two conversations I had with Kimberley Brownlee about her recent book Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms. Brownlee writes that our social needs are so fundamental, basic, and universal, that they lead us necessarily into the territory of human rights. Meeting our social needs – for decent human contact, …
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El inicio del Mes Nacional de la Herencia Latinx consiste en un foro de Mesa de Colaboración Latin@. A pesar de la pandemia de COVID19, el objetivo es celebrarnos y difundir información valiosa a nuestra comunidad. Este foro reúne a expertos que discuten diferentes temas, pero no se limitan a actualizaciones de salud, seguridad pública, educación e inmigración. ¡Escucharemos al …
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This week, we share an interview with Julie, a researcher who studies the effects of climate change on prisoners. The conversation was held at last month’s Fight Toxic Prisons conference, and focused on her work on how intensifying extremes of heat and cold impacts prisoners’ health. As this interview is broadcast, a hurricane is bearing down on Louisiana, threatening severe …
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On May 20th, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez became the fifth child to die in border patrol custody since December. He was 16, and had been held for a week in a border patrol outpost that lacked proper provisioning. He had fled Guatemala, currently wracked with drought and violence, and reached the U.S. on May 13- at which point he turned …
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In this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Susan Weir tells the story of how the Local Council of Women founded the Bloomington Hospital, and their continuing involvement with the community health care in Bloomington. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website. The …
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The town of Spencer resisted being named a Superfund site by the EPA. According to EPA documents obtained by WFHB, Spencer officials pushed back on the EPA’s designation, due to fears that being named a Superfund site would negatively affect property values. The town’s aquifer was named a Superfund site by the EPA last month. Superfund sites are eligible for …
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