The 8 Best Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children Podcast Episodes
1) Episode 1: The Lucky Ones
Reporter Josie Duffy Rice travels to a small town outside Montgomery, Alabama, and tries to visit a juvenile reform school, once called the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children. The school ope...Show More
2) Episode 6: Scallawags and Carpetbaggers
Denny Abbott enlists the help of lawyer Ira Dement to sue the state of Alabama. What ensues is a years-long battle, multiple lawsuits, personal turmoil, but also...a glimmer of hope for the kids at Mt...Show More
3) Episode 7: The Aftermath
Many people who were incarcerated at Mt. Meigs as children ended up spending their entire lives tethered to the criminal legal system. Many were sentenced to life in prison. Many others were sentenced...Show More
4) Episode 8: Searching for Justice
In the final episode, we look at where Lonnie, Mary, Johnny, Jennie, Johnny Mack, and Denny are fifty years after leaving Mt. Meigs. We also look at how juvenile justice in America has evolved and how...Show More
5) Episode 4: The Runaways
Since the 1920s, notices started appearing in the local newspapers near Mt. Meigs. They said things like "Six armed negroes escaped Mount Meigs Industrial School” or “Police seeking escape artist in b...Show More
6) Episode 5: When Mary Met Denny
Mary Stephens and four other girls escape Mt. Meigs and are determined to tell someone about what's happened to them. Probation officer Denny Abbott must make a decision. See omnystudio.com/listene...Show More
7) Episode 3: Cornelia's Dream
By the 1960s, the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children was an early prototype of the for-profit prison. But it wasn’t designed that way. In this episode, we go back to the early 20th century w...Show More
8) Episode 2: The Arrival
Survivors of Mt. Meigs share how they ended up in the juvenile justice system and what happened once they went down the long road to the reformatory. Lonnie and Johnny meet the foreboding superintende...Show More
9) Vote now! UNREFORMED Nominated For Webby Award
Hi listeners! This is Josie Duffy Rice. We wanted to give you some good news and ask once more for your help, if you wouldn’t mind! First the good news! I am so honored to tell you that Unreformed h...Show More
10) UNREFORMED Nominated for Signal Listener's Choice Awards - Vote now!
Unreformed has been nominated for two Signal Listener's Choice Award. Voting is open through October 5, 2023, you can vote for the show under "Best Host" and "History" in the Limited Series and Specia...Show More