Slam That Door

Jack spent 35 years in a security housing unit, aka "the hole," and he’s got some stories to tell. You can hear more about Jack's story on the PBS documentary The Strike. Subscribe to Ear Hustle Plus! Last week, Nigel took Ear Plustlers on a mysterious "friend date." On our next Plus episode, Nigel and Earlonne talk to the Drexel University researcher who brought "Little Scandinavia" to a Pennsylvania prison. Sign up at earhustlesq.com/plus or directly in Apple Podcasts. This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, David Jassy, Derrell Sadiq Davis, Tam Nguyen, and Earlonne Woods. Thanks, as always, to Warden Andes, Lt. Berry, and Sgt. Graves at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center; Acting Warden Padilla, Associate Warden Lewis, and Lt. Avina at the California Institution for Women; and Acting Warden Chanelo and Lt. Vogel at the Central California Women's Facility, for their support of the show. Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.

E and Nyge would like a quick word. Sign up for Ear Hustle Plus at earhustlesq.com/plus. (Supercast subscribers: Keep an eye on your email for instructions on how to set up your new EH+ feed.) Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.

We solicited questions about life in prison from audience members at our live shows. Then, we took those questions into a couple prisons we'd never been to before — Folsom State Prison in California, and SCI Chester in Pennsylvania — and got answers. Subscribe to Ear Hustle Plus! Next week, Nigel takes EH+ subscribers on a mysterious "friend date." And coming up: a conversation with the Drexel University researcher who brought "Little Scandinavia" to a Pennsylvania prison. Sign up at earhustlesq.com/plus or directly in Apple Podcasts. Big thanks to the folks at SCI Chester in Pennsylvania, and Folsom State Prison in California, for showing us around and answering Catch a Kite questions for this episode. This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, David Jassy, and Derrell Sadiq Davis. Thanks, as always, to Warden Andes, Lt. Berry, and Sgt. Graves at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center; Acting Warden Padilla, Associate Warden Lewis, and Lt. Avina at the California Institution for Women; and Warden De La Cruz and Lt. Vogel at the Central California Women's Facility, for their support of the show. Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.

Here's a preview from the new season of Examined, a podcast from Pushkin Industries that looks at the realities of incarceration from the perspective of a wrongful conviction. This season: The Backfire Effect. Nearly 40 years ago, in the parking lot of a community college in Michigan, a 20-year-old student was shot dead in broad daylight. The police quickly found their suspect. But there was a problem: The man said he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. And he could prove it. Journalist Josie Duffy Rice talks with eyewitnesses, investigators, and local reporters to unravel a story of judicial apathy and expedience. The Backfire Effect asks whether the system had already made up its mind about the suspect before it ever got to the facts. Find Examined: The Backfire Effect wherever you get podcasts, and hear the entire season, ad-free, right now by subscribing to Pushkin+. Sign up on the Examined show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. This is a sponsored feed drop.

Two people are connected by a terrible crime, committed over 30 years ago. What do we owe the people we hurt, and how long does that debt endure?