Death, Sex & Money - Becoming a Father in Prison: Updated
Death, Sex & Money
Slate Audio
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2017
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
We met Lawrence Bartley inside Sing Sing prison in 2014. Now, almost three years later, he's up for parole for the first time in his 27 years behind bars.Â
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, death sex and money listeners. |
| 0:02.0 | This week, we are re-releasing our episode with Lawrence Bartley. |
| 0:06.0 | I first met him almost three years ago, inside Sing Sing Prison in New York. |
| 0:11.0 | Lawrence has been behind bars for 27 years, and next month he'll be up for parole for the first time. |
| 0:17.0 | So we thought we'd share his story again again and give you some updates too. So listen |
| 0:22.0 | all the way to the end. Here's our episode with Lawrence, which first came out in December |
| 0:26.4 | 2014. One thing I would say about prison is that prison is a very, very tough place to live. |
| 0:38.3 | This is... prison is a very, very tough place to live. |
| 0:43.3 | This is death, sex, and money. Why should I fear death? |
| 0:45.3 | This show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot. |
| 0:48.3 | I'm really not comfortable talking about S-E-X. |
| 0:52.3 | And need to talk about more. |
| 0:54.6 | Money isn't real, George. |
| 0:56.2 | I'm Anna Sale. |
| 1:02.0 | Sing Sing Correctional facility is a hulking maximum security prison |
| 1:07.2 | along the Hudson River in Austin, New York. |
| 1:11.2 | It's been here in some form since 1825. |
| 1:14.7 | 1825, open the store. |
| 1:16.9 | Original housing. |
| 1:17.7 | A historical marker at its entrance says the big house and up the river were both coined here. |
| 1:25.1 | Lawrence Bartley lives here. |
| 1:27.3 | He grew up in Queens. |
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