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🗓️ 23 May 2022
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Where did all these prisons come from? WBEZ’s Shannon Heffernan is here to give us part of the answer, which involves “small government” (of course), Lennie Briscoe (as always), the pink flowers of Alcatraz, and a prison sweepstakes that produced the actual worst song of the 80s.
Two quick corrections via Shannon:
"I said Illinois has potential plans to shrink one prison and close another. That was an error. Both plans are about shrinking facilities. I said CO's have a life expectancy of 56 years, the stat I meant to quote is 59 but since our interview, I discovered that statistic (and the stat about divorce) to be from studies/sources that are considered very weak so I've stopped using them."
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0:00.0 | I think we're going to take the path of like the country being taken over by badgers or |
0:07.2 | something. |
0:08.2 | You know, it's going to be something we cannot predict. |
0:10.3 | If they were awarding this prison on the basis of ingenuity, creativity, determination, |
0:32.5 | and a total absence of shame, Laura would get it. |
0:36.4 | And I saw the humor aside to all of this through the tape. |
0:42.4 | And I thought, why not? |
0:43.6 | You know, let's carry on the tradition here. |
0:46.2 | Let's keep this thing rolling. |
0:48.4 | There's nothing but good that can come from it. |
0:50.9 | But when you have two primary industries, agriculture and oil, which, you know, we're |
0:55.6 | on empty now in the oil field, and you sort of run high and low, if you had some basic |
1:01.8 | enterprise in your area that would lend stability to the economy. |
1:05.9 | It just seemed like the shoe in vain. |
1:07.9 | And I think that's almost things are basically the reasons that we just got actively involved. |
1:14.4 | And because we knew it was good. |
1:18.2 | Hello, welcome to You Wrong About. |
1:25.9 | I'm Sarah Marshall. |
1:27.5 | Today on the show, we are learning about prisons. |
1:30.8 | And specifically, a time when American towns competed to see who won a prison. |
1:37.6 | And our guest today is Shannon Heffernin, who is joining us from WBZ Chicago, home of |
1:44.4 | Scruff McGruff. |
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