Stories from prison

4 episodes

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  • 1

    Picture this—an Australian journalist sitting near a squat toilet under the only light in the prison cell he shares with 140 others, writing pages of notes about happiness. After 15 months in a notori...Show More

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    Lovely episode that gives you a different view on life and happiness. An Australian journalist was accused of being a spy in Cambodia and locked up in jail for six years where he had less than 1m x 1m...Show More

  • 2

    My Namesake

    The Other Latif

    41:46 | Mar 10th, 2020

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    We hear the evidence against Abdul Latif Nasser -- at least the evidence that has been leaked or declassified -- and we meet Shelby Sullivan-Bennis, his attorney, who contests more or less every gover...Show More

  • 3

    Mansoor Adayfi remembers the romance classes he and fellow prisoners held while at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. How do you imagine falling in love when you know you might never get the chance to? (A...Show More

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    Oh my gawd...This story about a Guantanamo prisoner narrated by the prisoner was absolutely incredible. A story about love, lack of love, a young life that wasn’t lived, happiness, joy, fraternity, an...Show More

  • 4

    Lockdown while locked up

    Today, Explained

    28:34 | Apr 1st, 2020

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    Arthur Longworth calls Sean from Washington State Reformatory to explain what it's like to serve a life sentence at a prison where the coronavirus is spreading. (Transcript here.) Learn more about you...Show More

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    An eye-opening look into what’s happening in America’s prisons when Coronavirus infiltrates. Eye witness account from an inmate who’s been in prison for decades for a murder, The prisons aren’t gettin...Show More

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