E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | Download (4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | More A report finds Blacks in Monroe County are disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system. The report was compiled by the Monroe County chapter of the NAACP and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington’s Racial Justice Task Force. A press conference and public discussion addressing the report and …
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Indiana Schools will have another opportunity to receive metal detectors; An Indianapolis resident has died from West Nile Virus; On Saturday, the US Navy will commission Indiana’s 4th namesake ship; The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana announced James Sweeney II as the latest addition to Indiana’s federal bench; The City of Bloomington awarded $75,000 to four …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:24 — 1.8MB) Subscribe: RSS | More The Monroe County Commissioners approved a one-year collective bargaining agreement with county jail staff yesterday. County Attorney Jeff Cockerill told Commissioners yesterday the agreement could eventually lead to pay increases for jail employees. Cockerill said employee retention is partially driving the salary review. Jail Commander, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:14 — 1.5MB) Subscribe: RSS | More Reported cases of Hepatitis A are on the rise throughout Southern Indiana, including Lawrence county. Monroe County Health Commissioner Penny Caudill said the increase in the reported cases of the fecal-oral disease mimics a wider outbreak across the country. Hepatitis A is caused by ingesting …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:04 — 26.6MB) Subscribe: RSS | More This episode, we start out with a statement from Anastazia Schmid, a prisoner in the Indiana Women’s Prison. She walks us through a brief history of how prisons, and specifically the modern practice of prison slave labor, came about. She also talks through some basics …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:44 — 5.2MB) Subscribe: RSS | More Inmates incarcerated in Monroe County are being sent to different jails around the state, due to periodic overcrowding at the Monroe County Jail. Now increasing incarceration rates across southern Indiana are beginning to stress the ability for jails to ‘trade’ inmates. WFHB Correspondent Alex Davis …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:38 — 54.3MB) Subscribe: RSS | More This week, we return to the story of Clinton “Boo” Gilkie, who died one year ago- on June 7, 2016- in the Monroe County Jail. We discussed the circumstances of his death in our episode 2 weeks ago, and recommend that you to listen this …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:55 — 54.8MB) Subscribe: RSS | More June 7th marks the one year anniversary of the death of Clinton Gilkie, and so we devote our June 2nd and June 16th episodes of Kite Line to his story and his memory. Clinton “Boo” Gilkie was held in the Monroe County Jail since he …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:05 — 53.3MB) Subscribe: RSS | More This week, we focus on the closing of a volunteer-run dorm in the Monroe County Jail. The Addicts in Recovery, or AIR Dorm, has been a unique part of the local jail programming for several years. The AIR program provides a place for selected inmates …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:50 — 41.0MB) Subscribe: RSS | More In this episode, we speak to people with experience with both homelessness and incarceration. Often, there is a cyclical relationship between these two situations. We speak with Forest Gilmore, the director of the Shalom Center here in Bloomington. Forest talks about various barriers that both …
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