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Prison Breakdown

Professors Eric Bronson & Beck Strah

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

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66:07

Pay-to-Stay Jails

Prison Breakdown ·

2024/04/08

Profs Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss Groundhog Day, Law Abiding Citizen (2009), cruise reviews, the state incentives behind pay to stay jails, the two-tiered system of criminal justice, reward structures in prison, jail as rehabilitation vs jail as punishment, justification for pay to stay, pay to stay jail advertising, Mike Lindell, pivoting away from pay to stay, unemployment rates and incarceration, and Milli Vanilli (2023)

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70:23

Felon Disenfranchisement (Pt. 2)

Prison Breakdown ·

2024/03/25

Profs Bronson and Strah discuss an Australian manhunt for a man released on error, Crocodile Dundee, IHOP pancake eating contests, international felon disenfranchisement, disenfranchisement and white privilege, recidivism and re-enfranchisement, million dollar blocks, permanent disenfranchisement, and How to Be a Serial Killer (2008).

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69:22

Felon Disenfranchisement (Pt. 1)

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2024/03/11

Profs Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss Danny Masterson getting repeatedly beaten in prison, prison democracy, differing classes of vote restriction, racial and sex disparities in felon disenfranchisement, Florida being disappointing, felon disenfranchisement as an election tool, taxation without representation, labeling theory, non-voter databases, In with the Devil: a Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene with Hillel Levin, and Rubber (2010).

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83:34

Family February: Romantic Partners

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2024/02/26

Profs Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss circus people, an example sentencing for carceral fentanyl trafficking, conflict with incarcerated romantic partners, leaving enough space for Jesus, gender and relationship status in relation to emotional health, establishing meaningful relationships under incarceration, conjugal visits, same-sex relationships, and Caged Heat 3000 (1995).

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77:47

Family February: Families and Prison Relationships

Prison Breakdown ·

2024/02/12

Profs. Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss weather, the podcast not being explicit enough, a Rhode Island deputy shooting a sheriff, sally ports, Bronson taking a student group to Louisiana, Steven Seagal Lawman, Joe Arpaio, family visitation, the Angola Prison Rodeo, conjugal visits, prison phone calls, the social capital of community connections, the benefits of building familial relationships for the incarcerated, and Caged Heat 2: Stripped of Freedom (1994).

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77:37

Prison Tattoos

Prison Breakdown ·

2024/01/29

Profs. Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss Jackson, MS prisoner graves, gang tattoos, retribution tattoos, the symbology of prison ink, bitcoin, Canadian subsidised prison tatts, police and jury profiling of people with prison tattoos, and Caged Heat (1974)

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75:39

Sing Sing Correctional Facility

Prison Breakdown ·

2024/01/15

Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss Sing Sing Correctional Facility, its inmate services, famous guests, sports teams, and fun facts. Topics also covered include the death penalty, the release of the former Olympian known as Blade Runner, and Holiday in Handcuffs (2006).

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59:09

Rhode Island Department of Corrections - Student...

Prison Breakdown ·

2023/12/18

Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson interview their students about their visit to RHDC John J. Moran Medium Security Facility and Anthony P. Travisono Intake Service Center, and also discuss Dick Durbin & Chuck Grassley's response to healthcare in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, prison tour hostage situations, Let's Go to Prison (2006), and if Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

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86:22

Rhode Island Department of Corrections (Pt. 2)

Prison Breakdown ·

2023/12/04

Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss: updates on the georgia prison break, the last prison barge closing, Derek Chauvin shivving, the RIDC Intake Service Center, the Gloria McDonald Women's Facility, the Donald Price Medium Security Facility, overtime in corrections, and Baywatch (2017)

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74:42

Rhode Island Department of Corrections (Pt. 1)

Prison Breakdown ·

2023/11/20

Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss the numerous facilities of RIDC

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58:44

Contraband in Prison (Pt. 2)

Prison Breakdown ·

2023/11/06

Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah continue discussing contraband in prisons

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77:49

Contraband in Prison (Pt. 1)

Prison Breakdown ·

2023/10/23

Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss contraband in prisons

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71:01

Fed up with Prison Food

Prison Breakdown ·

2023/10/09

Professors (and former COs) Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss prison food, nutraloaf, and food justice.

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5:13

Prison Breakdown Preview

Prison Breakdown ·

2023/05/30

Producer Britain gives a brief intro to the podcast so we can list this on all the streaming sites before we start releasing the podcast.

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