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Prisoncast! is a show made with and for people in Illinois prisons and jails, and their loved ones on the outside. We feature stories, investigations, interviews, and sounds from beyond prison walls – all requested by our incarcerated listeners. Each episode is a bite-sized bundle of some of our favorites. Take a glimpse inside a carceral system that’s designed to be invisible. Engage us at prisoncast@wbez.org. Listen free in prisons and jails on the Edovo app.
Frecuencia de actualización:
weekly
Duración media del audio:
16 minutes
Entrevistas a invitados
Inglés
Estados Unidos
15 episodios
desde 3 de abril de 2026
episodic
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"Once they heal, they can help others heal around them." We visit the Building Block program, led by peer educators incarcerated at Illinois River Correctional Center. Later, a listener request takes us to Chicago's Bud Billiken Parade.
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The Joliet Treatment Center, designed to treat people with serious mental illness, repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires despite two deaths. That's according to a recent investigation by The Marshall Project, WBEZ and the Sun-Times.If you or someone you know is considering suicide or sel…
Remembering a life-changing concert inside Stateville prison. Learning piano, using creativity and cardboard. And one listener requests the sound of pure joy: babies laughing.
A candid conversation between two men who lost their mothers while they were locked up. Tips for processing grief in an environment like prison. And, whenever you're feeling overwhelmed — follow along with this box breathing exercise.
An incarcerated scholar tells us the history of Illinois' constitutional language around the purpose of prison. Plus, people at Kewanee's low security prison each share the one thing that's helped them through their sentence.
Many summer seasons bring excruciating heat inside Illinois prison cells. A prison watchdog group tells us what it's like to endure high temperatures behind bars. And Michael Broadway’s widow reads his poetry to mark his death during a heat wave.
Segments about family and re-entry that were guided, from pitch to final production, by incarcerated Northwestern University students. A song recorded in a former music studio at a state prison. Plus, meet our new co-host for Season 2!
Sister Helen Prejean has been counseling people on death row since the 1980s. To mark the 15th anniversary of Illinois abolishing the death penalty, she joins Prisoncast! to make the case against capital punishment. Plus, some original music produced behind bars.
An incarcerated dad asks to be transferred to a more restrictive prison so he can reconnect with his son who is locked up there. We hear original music written and recorded behind bars. And by request, sounds of a longed-for date on Chicago's Navy Pier.
Lisa Daniels knows all about forgiveness. When her son Darren was murdered, she did what would be unthinkable for so many of us: She forgave her son’s killer.
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