Tag Archives: incarceration

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:42 — 31.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we are returning to the topic of Carceral Capitalism. We interviewed the poet and author Jackie Wang in episodes 89 and 90 of Kite Line. You can access those on our website, kitelineradio.noblogs.org. There, Wang discusses the relationship between the growth of municipal debt and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:03 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we share the first part of a conversation we had with “Joe”. After doing ten years in prison for a sex offense conviction, Joe is now outside and navigating the difficult tightrope that many people convicted of such crimes must walk. A difficult topic to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:43 — 2.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNew research from IU has revealed the economic impact of the opioid crisis. The loss of revenue, and increased incarceration and rehabilitation expenses, are costing the state millions of dollars every day. WFHB correspondent Jonah Chester brings us this report.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:25 — 26.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we share a moving keynote speech recently given at the University of Michigan by Michelle Jones. Jones has been featured on multiple episodes of Kite Line, who shared some of her experiences at the Indiana Women’s Prison, particularly issues of mental and physical health on …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:03 — 20.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast week, we began hearing the voices of prisoners on the topic of Angela Davis’s book, Are Prisons Obsolete? Up first, we have Anastazia Schmid’s response to the book, followed by Angaza Iman Bahar reading his response to us from Miami Correctional Facility.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:51 — 19.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we start in on the topic of Are Prisons Obsolete Over the next couple of Kite Line episodes, we will be sharing the words and writings of prisoners- many of whom have been featured on previous episodes- and their responses to Angela Davis’s book, “Are …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:19 — 20.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor this week’s episode we share the first part of a conversation between Micol Seigel and Jackie Wang. Wang is the author of the recent book, Carceral Capitalism. Today, she shares what led her to carceral studies, and the themes in her new book. She speaks about …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:03 — 19.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we start by finishing the discussion between Micol Seigel and Jackie Wang. You can hear more of their conversation on carceral capitalism in last week’s episode. After that segment, we share a series of letters and updates from Operation PUSH, which is still ongoing in …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:12 — 20.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe begin this week with a letter from a prisoner at Pendleton Correctional Facility. He writes about the educational programs available in the prison. He works through some of the problems prisoners encounter when trying to get a meaningful vocational training or degree on the inside. And …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:16 — 20.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA nine-member team from the Urban Land Institute will tour the grounds of IU Health Bloomington Hospital next week; The city of Bloomington will install a traffic light at the intersection of Rockport and Tapp Road this Summer; The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission considers splitting real estate in …