#116 Prison Truth: The San Quentin News
Criminal (In)justice
English - March 03, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsNews Government abuse brutality civilliberties corruption criminaljustice misconduct police policing prosecutors Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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San Quentin Prison in California has always had a reputation as one of the toughest, most violent prisons anywhere. But twelve years ago, the prison’s in-house newspaper, produced by inmates, began to change things. What can journalism do for incarcerated people, and for the prisons in which they serve their sentences? And what about the impact on people outside of prison?
Our guest is William Drummond, an award winning journalist, professor of journalism, and the author of “Prison Truth: The Story of the San Quentin News.”
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