Prison Breakdown

Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson
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A podcast about prisons. Hosted by Profs Eric Bronson and Beck Strah. Brought to you by Roger Williams School of Justice Studies

  1. 9H AGO

    Prison News 5/11/26

    Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss a Louisiana Sheriff accused of malfeasance, Bronson’s recent student trip to the Angola Prison rodeo, Angola’s unfortunate conversion to migrant detention, and a mother’s attempt to break her son from prison.

    32 min

  2. MAY 4

    Jared Fogel Goes to Jail (feat. Spenser Hodge)

    Professor Beck Strah, Producer Brit, and Media Consultant Spenser Hodge discuss former Subway mascot Jared Fogel, his rise, his media coverage, his cultural impact, his crimes, and of course: his imprisonment. Producer Brit also reviews Crime 101 (2026).  Follow Spenser on IG: @numetalkvlt

    1h 15m

  3. APR 27

    Prison News 4/27/26 (feat. Spenser Hodge)

    Professor Beck Strah, Producer Brit, and Media Consultant Spenser Hodge weigh in on a pizza smuggling ring, two deaths at the Dayton Correctional Facility, a Texas court of appeals overturning a death row sentence, Brit’s Picks, Beccomendations, and Spenser’s Gifts. Follow Spenser on IG: @numetalkvlt

    40 min

  4. APR 20

    Federal Prison Camp Bryan (and Ghislaine Maxwell)

    Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, the conditions, amenities, training/vocational programs, Ghislaine Maxwell’s incarceration, special privileges, universal prisoner amelioration, and The Last Days of American Crime (2020).

    57 min

  5. APR 13

    Prison News 4/13/26

    Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss an expansion of education in Michigan Prisons, an update on the theoretical reopening of Alcatraz as a prison, and a Chilean Prison Rugby Team.

    27 min

  6. APR 6

    Club Fed

    Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss first albums, and Club Fed, including conditions, amenities, the population, prison camps, stratified prison placement, prison consultants, religious accommodations, food, and Carlito’s Way (1993).

    53 min

  7. MAR 30

    Prison News 3/30/26

    Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss a drone smuggling operation in New York, Marcy Playground, a Gun McGuyver in Washington State, poachers, Afroman’s victory in court, a Kansan man arrested for throwing meth over a prison wall, and a correction officer with an itchy pepper spray trigger finger.

    31 min

  8. MAR 23

    Prison Ships (Pt. 2)

    Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss a fantasy bookball league, Jim Breuer and airport food, New York City prison ships, the politics of prison ships, stinky carceral tactics, celebrity decommissioned ferries, prison ship medical issues, and Song Sung Blue (2025).

    54 min
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A podcast about prisons. Hosted by Profs Eric Bronson and Beck Strah. Brought to you by Roger Williams School of Justice Studies

Information

  • Creator
    Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    78
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Prison Breakdown

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