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Podcast and News Appearances

12/12/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits

Human Rights activist and the editor and publisher of Prison Legal News Paul Wright discusses the prevalence of solitary confinement and other forms of torture in the US, what it means to ban the practice in New York City, how solitary confinement policies are being rolled back or hidden in plain sight in US prisons, the novel lengths Alabama is going to to execute one man, and the history of criminal justice “reform” in the US.


 

11/28/2023 - Paul Wright on The Final Countdown - Derek Chavin's Prison Attack

 

11/15/2023 - Paul Wright on The Final Countdown

Discussing the tragic murder of an Alabama prisoner.


 

11/06/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits

Paul Wright, founder of the Human Rights Defense Center and the editor and publisher of Prison Legal News and Criminal Legal News magazines, discusses how prison officials use transportation processes to obstruct prisoners from communicating with their lawyers and their families and how these practices are perpetuated.


 

09/23/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits

Paul Wright discusses how Chicago is reckoning with its “Burge Torture Era,” that Chicago isn’t alone in abiding police abuses, how the way police are investigated allowing abuses to continue, reporting on high numbers of deaths within the Louisiana prison system, and a trend of disbanding small town police departments due to recruitment failures and record resignations among officers.


 

08/22/2023 - Paul Wright on CrossRoads Radio Show - Why Inflation Price Hikes Are Even Worse Behind Bars

 

07/11/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits

Managing editor of Prison Legal News and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center, Paul Wright discusses the role of healthcare and mental illness in US prisons, the phenomenon of foster children being put in juvenile detention when no foster care opportunities are present, and a Bureau of Prisons report skirting blame in the death of Whitey Bulger.


 

05/17/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Solitary Confinement & Mental Illness

Managing editor Prison Legal News and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center Paul Wright discusses the use of solitary confinement in US prisons and the human rights catastrophe it demonstrates, the pervasive imprisonment of mentally ill individuals, the divide between has access to mental health treatment and who doesn’t, and any legislative paths to address crises in US prisons.


 

04/13/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits

Discussing the decaying state of dental care in Texas prisons, the privatization of prison medical services, the Los Angeles Police Department accidentally revealing the identities of undercover cops to a watchdog group, and the LAPD’s historical involvement in murder-for-hire schemes.


 

03/30/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits

Discussing the current state and use of solitary confinement in the United States, scenarios nationwide where legislators are considering curbing the use of solitary, Matt Gaetz hiring a war criminal as a legislative aid, and a drug conspiracy charge involving a head of a police union.


 

02/21/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits

Discussing rising COVID-related deaths in U.S. prisons, an assessment of the insufficient conditions in both state and federal prisons, how a disregard for the lives of prisoners hinders prison reform efforts, the noticeable lack of compassionate releases within the U.S. prison system, and the status of for-profit prison healthcare companies amid ongoing lawsuits.


 

 

01/26/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits

Discussing corruption in the Miami Police Department, the killing of an environmental activist protesting Atlanta’s ’Cop City’, the Tyre Nichols case in Memphis as criminal charges are to be announced, and smuggling at Rikers Island.

 


 

12/16/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
11/14/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
10/31/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
10/17/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
09/15/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Rape Victim's DNA Results in Her Being Charged with a Property Crime
08/16/2022 Paul Wright Interview on Political Misfits - Guards Being Arrested for Job Related Crimes Political Misfits
07-28-2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Guard Sold Male Prisoners Forced Sexual Access to Female Prisoners Political Misfits
07-09-2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Indiana Executions Ramp Up Regardless of the Circumstances Political Misfits
06/23/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - The 7th Death in 2022 Reported at the Prison on Rikers Island Political Misfits
06/01/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Uvalde Police Departments' Complete Inaction during a school shooting - Political Misfits
05/11/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - The Terrible Prison System in the State of Alabama Political Misfits
04/20/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Tennessee's Bad Cops and a System of Non-Accountability Political Misfits
04/12/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - The Bail System's Effect on Crime Political Misfits
03/17/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - The jury trial penalty Political Misfits
03/08/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Prison Rape Elimination Act & the FCI Dublin Rape Club Political Misfits
02/23/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits Speaking About the Staffing Crisis at Rikers Island
02/19/2022 - Paul Wright on Fault Lines - Democrats Posture on Prison Reform Ahead of Midterms Fault Lines on Radio Sputnik
02/03/2022 - Paul Wright on Fault Lines - What Prison Reform Could Look Like After COVID Fault Lines on Radio Sputnik
02/02/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Nationwide Federal Prisons Lockdown Over Staffing Political Misfits
01/25/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Solitary Confinement as a Form of Punishment Political Misfits
01/13/2022 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Chaos at Rikers Island Political Misfits
03/02/2020 - Prison Pipeline Radio Interview of Paul Wright - Coronavirus in Prison - KBOO 90.7 Community Radio for Portland and beyond
ICBY Radio Interview with Paul Wright - Prison Legal News, 7 Sep 2016 This program is courtesy of KABF, 88.3 FM, Community Radio, Little Rock, Arkansas. www.kabf.org.
Artist First - Crime Beat, Paul Wright, Guest, March 10, 2016
TJSL - Free Speech, Press & Censorship in CA Prisons, Paul Wright, Guest, February 9, 2016
WPFW, Crossroads - Unregulated Debit Cards for Releasees, Paul Wright, Guest, October 20, 2015
Generation Justice - Prison Phone Justice with HRDC's Carrie Wilkinson, October 18, 2015
NPR, On Point - Unlocking U.S. Sentencing Reform, Paul Wright, Guest, October 12, 2015
Black Agenda Radio, Alex Friedmann on Prison Phone Calls and the FCC, October 5, 2015
Sojourner Truth Radio, Panagioti Tsolkas for Earth Watch, September 17, 2015
CrimethInc. #38: Anarchism in Lake Worth, Florida, July 1, 2015
JPI Podcast with PLN managing editor, September, 2014
Roach Brown Radio Show, July 1, 2014
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