Movie Maynute: Stir Crazy (1980) and Escape From New York (1981)
Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss safety measures on upper galleries of prisons, Stir Crazy (1980), and Escape From New York (1981)
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Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville (The Walls)
Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss Puddy & Peterman, an update on the New York officer strike, a Georgia bill on domestic abuse survivors in prison, “The Walls” Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, and Jesus Shows you the Way to the Highway (2019)
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Tim Allen Goes to Prison
Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss photo ops at foreign prisons, Tim Allen going to prison, and Take the Money and RUn (1969)
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Hostage Situations (Pt. 2)
Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss Bronson’s recent sick leave, an update to the New York Corrections Strike including a mass firing, hostage situations, including: a hostage situation in Arizona, the punitive nature of life sentences, a hostage situation in St. Louis, It Started With the Hats by Dr. Paul Joyce, and Nickel Boys (2024)
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Hostage Situations (Pt. 1)
Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss post office politics, corrections strikes in New York, hostage situations in prison, the psychology of hostage takers, the duration of physical anger, hostage negotiators, negotiation tactics, and Megalopolis (2024)
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