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Basically a Torture Chamber
Red Onion Randy - Life in a Supermax Prison
English - August 13, 2020 06:46 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBTrue Crime Society & Culture crime life sentence murder prison solitary confinement Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
After slashing the throat of another inmate in the rec yard at Sussex 1 State Prison Randy is sent to Red Onion State Prison, where he is kept in solitary confinement, also known as administrative segregation. In this powerful account of life in “seg”, Randy describes the devastating mental health impact of intense loneliness, hopelessness, and boredom, where 23 hours of every day is spent in a cell the size of a single car parking space, the light is never turned off, and constant noise assaults the ears.Red Onion Randy features the life and times of Randall Via, who is currently serving 1,214 years in Red Onion State Prison for capital murder. Directed and produced by Michael Garbutt. Website and podcast design by Nishant Pandav. Sound editing and music by Julia Jooyeon Park. Title music by Joni Park and Julia Jooyeon Park.Help us improve the podcast. Take our short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZWM7YNFAsk Randy questions on the Red Onion Randy website
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