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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Johnette Cruz joins to discuss activist's petition for inhumane conditions at Westville Correctional Facility

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

From the WIBC Newsroom, Johnette Cruz,

0:08.7

joining us.

0:09.3

You want to continue that all fair conversation?

0:11.1

Yes, I would love to.

0:12.6

You're talking about the appointment of Erica Kirk to the military board.

0:16.4

And I was surprised at your thoughts on that.

0:20.1

Because working in a newsroom, you're supposed to be very neutral and present the facts.

0:24.9

But you had an opinion.

0:26.4

I did.

0:26.9

You certainly did.

0:27.8

Yeah.

0:28.4

We won't press you to share with this.

0:31.4

Jim and I have already expressed ours.

0:33.4

And I think the big concern is that where's the military experience or the resume to back that up?

0:40.4

Exactly.

0:41.0

She's going to be in charge of a lot of appropriations.

0:43.6

I think it's a big deal.

0:44.7

And I think, you know, you do need to have some sort of background and experience if you're going to be appointed to something like that.

0:51.5

And I think that opens up a lot of questions.

0:55.4

I really question as well because, you know, you heard the reports that Charlie Kirk was wanting to audit

0:59.7

Turning Point USA before he was murdered. And I don't know, it opens some, some questions. Yeah,

1:08.3

it's kind of hard to ignore some of those things. Yep. So let's move on to your latest article, a state of Indiana nearing completion of a massive $1.2 billion restructuring of the Westville Correctional Facility. And now you have an activist that has started a petition. Tell us about it.

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