Prison Reform

Defendants aren’t necessarily told fines and costs, which are specific to each criminal case, before they agree to pay the total amount.

Correctional officers at state-run prisons will wear the devices, which can record audio and capture footage even if the officer fails to hit the record button.

"An eye-opening, fully humanizing, deeply affecting look at [America's] often-misunderstood juvenile justice system and its inhabitants -- young people of earnestness, disappointment, hope, and resilience." -- Booklist (starred review)

Earlier this year, "A Life on Fire" was given the E.E. Dale Award from the Oklahoma Historical Society (for an Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History).

Sick — an investigative podcast looking at "what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy" — has just wrapped up Season Two...all of which was focused on the intersection of health care and prisons.

Dr. Christine Montross discusses her well-researched, quite unsettling, and very important book, "Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration."

We've heard often about "essential workers" since the pandemic got underway -- those indispensable individuals who are, alas, in many cases…

On this edition of ST, we welcome writer Connie Cronley back to our program. She's one of our regular commentators; her previous books include "Sometimes…

Our guest is Dr. Christine Montross, who's an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Several members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation are urging President Joe Biden to suspend his executive order shutting down…