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Author: Professors Eric Bronson & Beck Strah

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A podcast about prisons. Hosted by Prof. Eric Bronson and Prof. Beck Strah.

52 Episodes
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Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss a Beekeeping Prison Program in Massachusetts, the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, mental heath treatment at the prison, crisis response programs, a lawsuit settlement, a former sheriff’s indictment, notable inmates in the facility, and Sudden Death (1995).
Today Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit are joined by Media Expert Spenser! Together, they discuss Joe Bonamassa, karate sex offenders, and Mean Guns (1997)
Alligator Alcatraz (Pt. 2)

Alligator Alcatraz (Pt. 2)

2025-08-2501:01:56

Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson talk more about Alligator Alcatraz, including Steven Miller, oversight of the facility, passing the accountability hot potato, ICE and their increased budget, the facility getting closed down by a judge and the backlash, Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word (2016), and the final meal of Keith Zettlemoyer
Alligator Alcatraz (Pt. 1)

Alligator Alcatraz (Pt. 1)

2025-08-1101:16:56

Today Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss a CO murder, an update to the NOLA prison escape, Alligator Alcatraz and its origins, funding, construction, maintenance, population, mission, and open corruption, and Unbelievable! (2020)
Today Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss a man escaping prison via luggage, Prison Break S01E03 “Cell Test”, and Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)
The Death Penalty (Pt. 2)

The Death Penalty (Pt. 2)

2025-07-1401:05:10

Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss firework stands, the one remaining NOLA escapee, the P Diddy convictions, the final public executions, the supreme court and the death penalty, and other major court cases related to the death penalty, and Jaws 3D (1983)
The Death Penalty (Pt. 1)

The Death Penalty (Pt. 1)

2025-06-3001:13:09

Today Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss an update on the NOLA prison escape, R Kelly’s medication overdose, and the death penalty, including the first death penalty, Europe and America’s historical execution practices, the spectacle of public execution, whitewashing the death penalty, jury nullification, hiding punishment for public image, the electric chair, and Woman of the Hour (2023)
Siege at "The Walls"

Siege at "The Walls"

2025-06-1601:11:38

Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss updates on the NOLA jail break, chemical castrations in the UK, an 11-day siege at The Walls in Huntsville Texas, the major players, the conclusion, and Do the Right Thing (1989)
Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss the recent New Orleans prison break, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Dog’s murder charge, Dog’s prison sentence, Dog’s racism allegations, Pimp C’s alleged crime, his prison sentence, Pimp C’s prison album, and The Traveling Executioner (1970)
Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson discuss optimal muffin russian nesting doll configurations, correctional hiring freezes, reopening Alcatraz, and to close out Movie Maynute: No Escape (1994) and Dinosaur Prison (2023)
Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss safety measures on upper galleries of prisons, Stir Crazy (1980), and Escape From New York (1981)
Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss Puddy & Peterman, an update on the New York officer strike, a Georgia bill on domestic abuse survivors in prison, “The Walls” Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, and Jesus Shows you the Way to the Highway (2019)
Tim Allen Goes to Prison

Tim Allen Goes to Prison

2025-04-0701:00:15

Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss photo ops at foreign prisons, Tim Allen going to prison, and Take the Money and RUn (1969)
Hostage Situations (Pt. 2)

Hostage Situations (Pt. 2)

2025-03-2401:02:23

Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss Bronson’s recent sick leave, an update to the New York Corrections Strike including a mass firing, hostage situations, including: a hostage situation in Arizona, the punitive nature of life sentences, a hostage situation in St. Louis, It Started With the Hats by Dr. Paul Joyce, and Nickel Boys (2024)
Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss post office politics, corrections strikes in New York, hostage situations in prison, the psychology of hostage takers, the duration of physical anger, hostage negotiators, negotiation tactics, and Megalopolis (2024)
Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss the Western Society of Criminology Conference, spraying the vice president’s book with drugs, Prison Break Season 1 Episode 2, Milk Chicken, and We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011).
Purrrison Programs (Pt. 2)

Purrrison Programs (Pt. 2)

2025-02-1001:13:37

Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss inmate firefighters, cat prison programs, rodent control, cat emotions, spaying and neutering programs, screening for cat programs, and A Very Cool Christmas (2004)
Purrrison Programs (Pt. 1)

Purrrison Programs (Pt. 1)

2025-01-2701:00:02

Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss top pies, death row inmates attempting to deny their commutations, prison cat programs, cat program backlash, stray cats, cat placement programs, and Christmas Mail (2010)
Pelican Bay State Prison

Pelican Bay State Prison

2025-01-1301:02:15

Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss extrajudicial beatings to death, Pelican Bay State Prison, cell sizes and amenities, cuff ports, yard time, the California prison boom of the 70s, inmates covering themselves in feces, prison design and the Panopticon, the SHU, In the Place of Justice by Wilbert Rideau, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Today Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit are joined by Grad Student Sam Trieber to talk about Syrian prisons, opening up the institutions, early forms of civil commitment, predictive crime, expert witness disparities, using previous crimes in commission of civil commitment, psychiatric inmate release, civil commitment for sex offenders, addressing the roots of crime and mental health care, and The Fall Guy (2024).
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