A new report says an increase in prison populations is responsible for rising violence behind bars. A former New York City corrections commissioner and the current commissioner compare notes on the report and how it relates to the city’s prison inmates. Plus, where to watch the World Cup.
Guest Host: Andrea Bernstein, Sr. Reporter, WNYC News
Guest Host: Andrea Bernstein, Sr. Reporter, WNYC News
Correcting Corrections
Martin Horn, New York City Corrections commissioner
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Michael Jacobson, director of the Vera Institute of Justice
- on the new report "Confronting Confinement" critical of the U.S. prison system
» Vera Institute
and
Michael Jacobson, director of the Vera Institute of Justice
- on the new report "Confronting Confinement" critical of the U.S. prison system
» Vera Institute
(Sun) Light Reading
Adam Shatz, literary editor at The Nation magazine
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Ron Charles Book World fiction editor for the Washington Post
- on what's on people's reading lists
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Ron Charles Book World fiction editor for the Washington Post
- on what's on people's reading lists
The States of Gay Marriage
Debra Rosenberg national correspondent, Newsweek Magazine
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William Eskridge John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale and co- author with Darren Spedale Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? (Oxford University Press, 2006)
- analyzes the state of gay union heading into the 2006 campaign ...
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William Eskridge John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale and co- author with Darren Spedale Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? (Oxford University Press, 2006)
- analyzes the state of gay union heading into the 2006 campaign ...
The Cup Runneth Full
Stanley Mieses, contributing writer at Time Out New York
-on where you can watch the World Cup in New York
-on where you can watch the World Cup in New York
Road Reading
During today's summer reading discussion a woman caller, who is embarking on a cross-country road trip with her family asked for some “on the road" reading suggestions. Here are some of your email responses:
PrairyErth by William Least Heat-Moon is a great book about Kansas. It would be wonderful on ...
Martin Horn
Martin Horn, New York City Correction Commissioner, 6/9/06. Commissioner Horn discussing the merits of the NYC prison system.
Michael Jacobson
Michael Jacobson, Director of the Vera Institute of Justice, 6/9/06. Michael Jacobson examining his talking points during the "Correcting Corrections" segment.
William Eskridge
William Eskridge, John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale and co-author of "Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse?". William Eskridge weighing ...
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