Behind Barrs (with Steve Martin, the prison reformer)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.8 • 32.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Stay Tuned, "Behind Barrs," host Preet Bharara answers your questions about: -- Bill Barr’s letter and maneuver -- The parts of the Mueller report the public should and shouldn’t see -- When we’ll see the full report and the political calculations of timing -- SDNY’s extortion case against Stormy Daniels’s attorney Michael Avenatti. Steve Martin, a leading prison reform advocate who served as the court-appointed monitor of the Rikers Island prison in N.Y. joins Preet for a conversation about life in prison and prospects for change. Bonus clips from the interview are available for members of the CAFE Insider community Sign up to receive free references and supplemental materials for Stay Tuned episodes, a weekly newsletter, and updates from Preet. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 699-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.9	From Cafe, welcome to Stay Tuned. I'm Pete Barara.
1:04.9	What is rarely talked about is how literally debilitating actual confinement is. It is so often cruel,
1:18.9	it's so often brutal, it's so often violent, and it's always unforgiving.
1:25.9	That's Steve Martin. No, not the comic. This Steve Martin is a former prison guard from
1:31.4	Texas who went on to become a leading prison reform advocate in America. He's also the
1:36.5	co-author of Texas Prisons. The walls came tumbling down. I met him when he was appointed
1:41.8	to oversee reforms in New York City's Rikers Island jail and he's featured in my new book,
1:46.6	Healing Justice. I speak with him about the state of incarceration in this country, how
1:50.9	we got here, and what needs to change. But first, let's get to your questions. That's
1:57.1	coming up. Stay tuned.
1:59.9	What is justice? How is it served? Who wields it? How is it accomplished? And when does
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