Inmate Confessions: His Prison Killings

Update: 2025-05-29

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He’s notorious for causing one of the longest prison standoffs in U.S. history, and now Ricky Wassenaar is a confessed killer. In April 2025, three inmates were killed at a Tucson prison complex, and the sole suspect: Ricky Wassenaar. From prison, he calls True Crime Correspondent Briana Whitney and describes not only how he killed the other inmates, but why. He says it was justified and explains his reasoning. Meanwhile, Chief Investigative Reporter Morgan Loew investigates security concerns, and sits down with the director of the Dept. of Corrections to ask what went wrong that allowed this mass killing to happen, and if they department will be changing things moving forward.

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Danielle B

I especially enjoyed the discussion about how to manage inmates . There’s a good point to be made about preparing inmates to be released into society again. it’s a lot more complex than I thought. Fascinating episode.

Jul 13th

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