Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:52 — 4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA bill that would legalize execution by firing squad in Indiana will not move forward. On January 28th, the Indiana House of Representatives failed to pass House Bill 1119, falling short of the required majority vote. This bill, authored by State Representative Jim Lucas, would have expanded …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:46 — 3.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA former Nebraska prison is now operating as an immigration detention center, with the first detainees arriving last week. Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen stated that as of last Thursday, approximately 50 to 60 detainees facing immigration proceedings had arrived at the site of Work Ethic Camp, a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter decades of neglect, Martin Sostre is finally receiving his due as a pioneer of prisoner organizing and Black anarchism. Garrett Felber’s powerful biography, A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre, excavates his many contributions as well as the work of his support committee in …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:02 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBy Zoe Moczek Riots at two separate prisons in Ecuador have left at least 31 people dead. On September 25th, violence broke out at a prison in the city of Esmeraldas, with reports showing that at least 17 people were killed. This comes only three days after …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:17 — 3.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Trump Administration plans to hold undocumented immigrants at the largest maximum security prison in the nation. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly referred to as Angola Prison, is located near the town of St. Francisville, Louisiana. On September 3rd, it was announced that a closed unit in the prison …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:30 — 40.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe are listening to two pieces: “The Witness” and “Regulations,” written and read by Glenda Breeden. “The Witness” is based on a story that Glenda heard directly from a mother who witnessed the execution of her child. She was never able to unhear it. “Regulations” gives voice …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:52 — 41.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, February 18th, 2025. Later in the program, The Council on American-Islamic Relations has designated IU as a “hostile campus” after students and faculty were banned for their involvement in Palestinian solidarity demonstrations. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:04 — 23.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. For this series, WFHB and the Limestone Post look into how social workers are being integrated into police departments, and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreContent Warning: This episode contains references to sexual trauma and harm. We start off this episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle- followed by some recent prison news. We close our episode with a feature created by students as part …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAnd now we return to the second part of our conversation between Micol Seigel and Amanda Hall. Last week, Hall talked to us about how her firsthand experience of incarceration led her to her current work in prisoner and re-entry support. And now she talks through her …
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