The Telegraph
Voters can trust Tories like they do GPs after Harold Shipman, says Wakefield candidate
The Conservative candidate in the Wakefield by-election has said people should still vote for the scandal-hit Tories because “we still trust GPs” after Harold Shipman killed 250 people. Nadeem Ahmed is running to replace Imran Ahmad...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Should there be a market in murder?
We need to talk. Help draw the line between where markets serve the public good and where they don't belong
Curated Video
Lady Mary Grey part 4: Thomas Keyes Dies and Lady Mary Demands Freedom
Lady Mary relocates once again, this time to the house of Sir Thomas Gresham. Though Sir Thomas had the finances to provide for Lady Mary in a way her step grandmother had not, both Sir Thomas and his wife made it clear that Lady Mary...
PBS
Field Trip: Prison Beats
In this video we make a beat in a prison, in the rain forests of Gamboa, Panama with Professor Angel Sound (an incarcerated DJ who was blackmailed into muling cocaine for the Nigerian mafia) and his fellow inmate, who loves Macaroni and...
Poetry Foundation
Mahogany L. Browne reads "I Remember Death By Its Proximity To What I Love"
Mahogany L. Browne (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “I Remember Death By Its Proximity To What I Love
Economics Explained
The Economics of the Prison Industrial Complex
There are over 10 million people in some form of government incarceration around the world today. There are 2.3 million in the USA alone and anyway you slice it that is a huge population of people. The population of people living in...
Curated Video
Lady Mary Grey part 2: Imprisonment and the Fury Elizabeth I
Already feeling threatened by her cousin Mary Queen of Scots' recent marriage, Elizabeth I unleashed the full power of her anger on the Lady Mary and Thomas Keyes. Lady Mary Grey was condemned to the more favorable sentence of house...
60 Second Histories
Crime and Punishment in Victorian Times
A description of crime and punishment during Queen Victoria's reign when there was once around two hundred crimes that carried the death penalty and hangings were carried out in public.
The March of Time
Young influenced by older
MOT 1938: PRISONERS: Young adult male prisoners (3) being escorted into jail. Two OLDER prisoners looking out of cell holding bars. Older male felon talking w/ young male in cell. Older male prisoner w/ young male sitting next to bunk in...
ShortCutsTv
Individualistic and Situational Psychology
Most psychology is individualistic; that is, most psychologists suggest that factors within people's biology and/or experiences make them who they are. In contrast, situational psychology offers a new dimension: sometimes situations can...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Prison for the Poor
Anita Alves Pena discusses her research into the relationship between mass incarceration and inequality through stratification economics. Pena's research finds that areas with higher income inequality have higher rates of incarceration...
Curated Video
Aethelflaed part 6: the True Story of Judith and Holofernes?
Aethelflaed quickly began shoring up the defenses of her kingdom, restoring strategically located fortresses. Understand how Aethelflaed worked with her brother Edward to defend their kingdoms with an offensive strategy. Did...
Curated Video
The Murderous Earl of Pembroke part 2: Violent Tendancies and Unprovoked Attacks
Philip Herbert inherited a tenency towards violent, unprovoked outbursts from his grandfather. After a particularly bad attack in 1678, Charles II ordered that Philip be locked in the Tower of London. This brief imprisonment had little...
The Guardian
Dallas Detective agency
A detective agency in Dallas, Texas, is being run by men who were wrongly convicted of crimes of which they were later cleared. One of them, Christopher Scott, confronts Alonso Hardy, who confessed to having committed the crime for which...
TLDR News
January 6th One Year On: What's Happened & Who's in Jail? - TLDR News
It's been a year since the January 6th Insurrection at the Capitol and we wanted to take a moment to discuss what's happened since then. So in this video we run through the aftermath and discuss what's happened to the notable people who...
The Guardian
John McAvoy: from 'alpha male' to Iron Man
John McAvoy has transformed himself from one of Britain's most wanted criminals to a Nike-sponsored Iron Man triathlete who advises the government on prison reform and works hard to make sure young people don't make the same mistakes he...
The Guardian
My Brother's Keeper
Mohamedou Ould Salahi and one of his former guards, Steve Wood, reunite in Mauritania 13 years after last seeing each other, rekindling an unlikely relationship that profoundly changed their lives.Mohamedou was a prisoner at Guantanamo...
The Guardian
Writing wrongs: the pioneering New York prison program transforming lives
In the Bronx, the Prison Writes program provides therapeutic writing workshops for people trying to get back on their feet after incarceration. Humberto, 16, is trying to get back into school after a period in Rikers Island prison....
The Guardian
The Black Panthers still in prison After 46 years, will they ever be set free?
Over two years, Ed Pilkington has interviewed eight people imprisoned since the 1970s black liberation struggle that rocked the US. As they near 50 years inside, will America’s black radicals ever be freed?
The Guardian
Narcotours: Netflix fans uncover the real life of Pablo Escobar
The Colombian city of Medellín has long been associated with drug lord Pablo Escobar, and with the popularity of Netflix's Narcos, a new influx of tourists are visiting the city to see where the infamous kingpin operated. The Guardian’s...
Weird History
Things You Didnt Know About Al Capone
Who was Al Capone? For some, his name stirs up images of a cigar-chomping folk-hero-mobster involved in everything from racketeering to murder and drug-running (and what would ultimately put him behind bars, tax evasion). For others,...
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 1920
The 34th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1920, Americans deal with the aftermath of World War 1 and apparently are hungry...
Weird History
Actor Woody Harrelson's Dad Was a Hit Man
When Woody Harrelson first rose to fame on the sitcom Cheers in 1985, his father had already made headlines for a much more nefarious reason. Charles Voyde Harrelson was given two life sentences for the murder of Texas judge John H. Wood...
Stories Podcast
Timeless Tales: Planning a Perfect Prison
It rains on the morning of a big outdoor event, or there's a traffic jam on the way to the airport. Do these sound familiar? Sometimes plans are made, but the unexpected happens and derails them. This timeless tale features industrious...