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	Podcast:		Stay Tuned with Preet
	Episode:		Behind Barrs (with Steve Martin, the prison reformer)
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		01:12:50
	Publish Date:		2019-03-28 03:00:00
	Description:		Steve Martin is a leading prison reform advocate who served as the court-appointed monitor of Rikers Island prison complex in New York. He’s also the co-author of “Texas Prisons: The Walls Came Tumbling Down.” Q&A - Attorney General Bill Barr’s letter summarizing Mueller’s principal conclusions - SDNY’s criminal complaint filed against Michael Avenatti THE INTERVIEW *The other Steve Martin* - Steve Martin, the actor - Steve Martin’s iconic arrow hat *Rikers Island* - An article from the NYT, “What is Rikers Island?” - An article from the New Yorker on the plan to close Rikers *SDNY & Rikers* - SDNY’s 2014 report on the excessive use of force against adolescent inmates housed at Rikers Island - An article from the NYT on SDNY’s decision to join a lawsuit against New York City over the conditions at Rikers - The consent decree Nunez v. City of New York - An article in the WSJ reporting Steve Martin’s appointment, plus a list of his monitor reports *The Stanford Prison Experiment* - Background on the Stanford Prison Experiment *Death penalty* - Furman v. Georgia, 1972 - A 1997 article from Mother Jones on conditions at Texas death row prisons, including the Work Capable Program *Solitary confinement* - An article from the NYT detailing a report that compares solitary confinement policies in Texas to torture, plus the report *Books* - David Garland, “Punishment and Modern Society: A Study in Social Theory” - Mikhail Khodorkovsky, “My Fellow Prisoners” - Shane Bauer, “American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment” and a report from NPR about the book - Gresham Skyes, “The Society of Captives: A Study of a Maximum Security Prison” *First Step Act* - The First Step Act, and an article from Vox on the law - An article from the ACLU on women’s health in prisons, and the proposed reforms through the First Step Act *Corrections Officers* - A California study that found correctional officers at high risk of PTSD *Violence and mortality in jails* - A 2016 study by NYC comptroller that found violence is increasing in city jails, despite a shrinking population - Bureau of Justice Statistics 2016 report on Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2014. *Private prisons* - 2018 report from The Sentencing Project on private prisons *Sentencing disparities* - The Sentencing Project on racial disparity in the criminal justice system, plus a 2017 report from the United States Sentencing Commission on demographic differences in sentencing *Recidivism* - 2018 update from Bureau of Justice Statistics on recidivism rates BUTTON - www.DoingJusticeBook.com
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