Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: Corrections in Ink
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🗓️ 26 June 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Emily Bazelon talks with author Keri Blakinger about her new memoir, Corrections in Ink which recounts Blakinger’s path from Olympic ambitions, to heroin addiction, to prison, and ultimately a return to life on the outside.
Blakinger launched a program to deliver her memoir to currently incarcerated readers. You can learn more here: https://800ceoread.com/coupons/redeem/donationcorrectionsinink
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| 0:45.2 | Hello and welcome to GavFest Reads for the month of June, with one of my favorite journalists. |
| 0:51.6 | Carrie Blakeinger. |
| 0:52.6 | Carrie Blakeinger is an investigative reporter. |
| 0:55.2 | She is based in Texas. |
| 0:57.0 | She covers criminal justice and injustice for the Marshall project. |
| 1:01.5 | And she has a bunch of awards and accolades. |
| 1:04.9 | I noticed Carrie's work several years ago when she was just doing kickass reporting in |
| 1:10.9 | Texas for the Houston Chronicle. |
| 1:13.6 | And really covering prisons in this kind of inside, outside way that was really unusual. |
| 1:20.0 | And what I didn't realize at the time is that Carrie has herself spent time in prison |
| 1:24.2 | in New York State for drug crimes. |
| 1:27.3 | And that's mostly the subject, or at least partly the subject of her fabulous new memoir, |
| 1:32.7 | which is called Corrections in Inc. |
| 1:34.9 | And what we're going to be talking about today. |
| 1:36.5 | Hey Carrie, how are you? |
| 1:37.9 | I'm good. |
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