On this week’s “More To The Story,” incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon examines how our fixation on crime capitalizes on tragedy and turns it into entertainment.
Prisons
The troubled prison health care system
In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons
After a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign. But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail.
Executions Are Rising in the US. This Reverend Witnesses Them.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” death row spiritual adviser Jeff Hood talks about how his longtime activism for racial justice led him inside America’s execution chambers for the final moments of inmates’ lives.
The Deputies Who Tortured a Mississippi County
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
The Strike That Broke a Supermax Prison
After spending years locked in solitary confinement, a group of California men united to launch the largest prison hunger strike in US history.
Being Black in America Almost Killed Me Part 2
On this week’s “More To The Story,” the second half of Trymaine Lee’s conversation with host Al Letson about the burdens of covering violence against Black Americans as a Black journalist.
The Strike That Broke a Supermax Prison
After spending years locked in solitary confinement, a group of California men united to launch the largest prison hunger strike in US history.
All the President’s Pardons
With Joe Biden’s surprise pardon of his son and Donald Trump’s pledge to free January 6ers, we look at this controversial presidential power.
A Whistleblower in New Folsom Prison
Valentino Rodriguez, a correctional officer in California’s most violent prison, reported misconduct by men in his unit. Days later, he was found dead.
In Bondage to the Law
Toforest Johnson has been on Alabama’s death row for more than 25 years. Now, his conviction is being called into question.
