Motive season 4

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4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Officials say prisons protect the public from lawlessness, but often they’re the most lawless places in the country. And the security used to keep detainees IN, also keeps OUT transparency and accountability. In season 4 of “Motive” from WBEZ-Chicago, host Shannon Heffernan explores the Illinois prison system. She finds their rural locations, protective culture, and hostility toward inmates creates opportunities for systemic misconduct.

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Writers on Aftershow right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime
0:06.0	media.
0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Writers on.
0:14.0	Crime Writers on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime,
0:27.4	top culture other podcasts.
0:29.4	And on this episode, small towns, big walls.
0:33.1	They make for a great place to hide things.
0:36.4	We'll talk about WBEZ's look at prisons in rural America in season 4 of Motive.
0:43.2	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of
0:48.5	These Are Their Stories podcast.
0:50.1	My husband, a love of my life, Kevin Flynn, Hello Kevin.
0:53.5	Hello Rebecca.
0:54.9	Also with us as private investigator, certified pet detective, resident cat lady and author
1:00.2	of Dead on Deadline Lara Bricker.
1:03.0	Hello Lara.
1:04.0	Hello Rebecca.
1:05.4	And finally, back from the sick bed, our resident doubting Thomas, author of the city trilogy,
1:13.2	host of Stranger Rivals and our Patreon deep dive book club podcast host Toby Ball.
1:18.1	Hello again Toby.
1:19.1	Hello Rebecca.
1:20.1	We're just so happy to have you here Toby.
1:22.2	So happy to be back.
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