Death, Sex & Money - Becoming a Father in Prison

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🗓️ 17 December 2014

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Lawrence Bartley has been in prison for 23 years on a murder charge. Now, he's wondering what he'll say to the parole board—and to his sons, who are still too young to know of his past.

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0:00.0	One thing I would say about prison is that prison is a very, very tough place to live.
0:08.5	This is death, sex, and money.
0:12.7	Why should I fear death?
0:15.1	This show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:18.4	I'm really not comfortable talking about SEX.
0:22.8	And need to talk about more.
0:24.6	Money isn't real, George.
0:26.3	I'm Anna Sale.
0:32.4	Sing Sing Correctional facility is a hulking maximum security prison along the Hudson River in Austin, New York.
0:41.0	It's been here in some form since 1825.
0:44.9	1825, open the stores.
0:47.1	Original housing.
0:47.7	A historical marker at its entrance says the big house and up the river were both coined here.
0:55.2	Laurence Bartley lives here.
0:57.3	He grew up in Queens.
0:58.7	He was arrested on December 27, 1990, after he was involved in a shootout on Christmas
1:04.3	night on Long Island.
1:06.1	This is News 4, New York, at 6.
1:08.9	He's gone to see The Godfather 3 with a group of friends.
1:12.0	It was 20 minutes into the film.
1:14.0	An argument erupted between two groups of people, and then there was gunfire.
1:18.6	A fight broke out between Lawrence's friends and another group of teenagers.
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