Prison Desk

The Prison Desk at National Radio Project provides critical analysis of and in-depth reporting on incarceration in the U.S. and world-wide. This Desk concentrates on the stories and perspectives of educators, policy analysts, community organizers, prisoners and their families. The Prison Desk also provides training opportunities for independent journalists and individuals involved in community building activities.

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Programs are listed below - click through to descriptions for guest contact information and audio files.

14-08 A Crisis of Care: Gina’s Story (Part 2)

13-08 A Crisis of Care: Gina’s Story (Part 1)

34-07 Beyond Bars: Community Resistance to Prison Expansion

08-07 Legacy of Torture

01-07 Lockdown on Life: Stories from Women Behind Bars

36-06 The Attica Rebellion

27-06 The War on Torture: U.S. Policy Exposed

18-06 The Long Walk to Abolish the Death Penalty

07-06 Tased... and Abused?

06-06 Debating the Death Penalty

30-05 The Juvenile Injustice System

13-05 Plan Colombia: Drug War Without End

35-04 Documenting Torture: Holding the United States Accountable

29-04 Entry Denied: Former Prisoners Re-entering Society

43-03 Concrete Coffins: The Juvenile Death Penalty

42-03 Breaking the Cycle: Juvenile Crime and Positive Solutions

29-03 Capital Punishment and Closure

07-03 The War on Drugs Revisited

14-02 Concrete Cages and Cash: The U.S. Prison Industry

09-02 The Usual Suspects? Racial Profiling in the U.S.

48-01 A Drug Kind of War: U.S. in Colombia

26-01 White Lies: The Drug War In Colombia

36-00 Race, Class and the U.S. Death Penalty

35-00 Plan Colombia: Aiding the Drug War

28-00 Priming Colombia: A Look at U.S. Drug War Aid

06-00 Suspect Generation: The Criminalization of Youth

04-00 Soldiers on the Streets: The Militarization of U.S. Police

51-99 Narco Cover: Colombia and U.S. Foreign Policy

45-99 Addicted to the Drug War

45-98 Cruel and Unusual? Women's Prisons

37-98 S.O.A.: Exporting Democracy or Terror?

21-98 The Force of Law: Police Brutality and Community