Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss first albums, and Club Fed, including conditions, amenities, the population, prison camps, stratified prison placement, prison consultants, religious accommodations, food, and Carlito’s Way (1993).
Prison News 3/30/26
30/03/2026 | 31 mins.
Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss a drone smuggling operation in New York, Marcy Playground, a Gun McGuyver in Washington State, poachers, Afroman’s victory in court, a Kansan man arrested for throwing meth over a prison wall, and a correction officer with an itchy pepper spray trigger finger.
Prison Ships (Pt. 2)
23/03/2026 | 53 mins.
Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss a fantasy bookball league, Jim Breuer and airport food, New York City prison ships, the politics of prison ships, stinky carceral tactics, celebrity decommissioned ferries, prison ship medical issues, and Song Sung Blue (2025).
Prison News 3/16/26
16/03/2026 | 32 mins.
Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss poor prison healthcare in Arizona, chronic overcrowding in a Washington child prison school, and a January 6th rioter going back to prison.
Prison Ships (Pt. 1)
09/03/2026 | 46 mins.
Professors Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss prison ships, the carceral state of the United Federation of Planets, the brig, prison hulks, the history of maritime incarceration in Britain, the early history of prison boats in the US, cruise ship act 2 Cool, and Predators (2025).
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