HeyJaredPrison Breakdown
A podcast about prisons. Hosted by Prof. Eric Bronson and Prof. Beck Strah.Brought to you by Roger Williams School of Justice Studies
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Drugs Studies and MKUltra in Prisons (opens the original)
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Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss the history of psychedelic studies behind bars, Whitey Bulger, the CIA’s use of psychedelics on prisoners for their MKUltra studies, and The Client (1994)
Prison News 8/31/26 (opens the original)
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Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss prison abuses in Ohio, Buc-ee’s litigious culture and the pushback, sexual abuse in California prisons, and private prison companies pulling in record profits.
Dr. Timothy Leary and the Concord Prison Experiment (opens the original)
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Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss Dr. Timothy Leary, his history and beliefs as a clinical psychologist, MCI Concord partnering with Harvard, Dr. Leary’s experiments with psilopcybin, his accounts of his experiments, subject accounts, and long-term observances. Producer Brit reviews Primal Fear (1996).
Prison News 8/17/26 (opens the original)
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Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss Murder 2 convicts in Pennsylvania getting a new lease on life, felony murder, the prison-industrial link to diarrhea lettuce, some Brit’s Picks, and Beckommendations.
The Illinois Prison Sweepstakes (opens the original)
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Professor Beck Strah and Producer Brit discuss a 7-Layer Dessert Dip, family podcasts, Flora, Illinois’s bid to get a prison in their town, Brown County’s bid for a prison and prison experience night, an early viral rap song, and The Last Seduction (1994) Chief Ed Guyott and the Long Arm of the Law Band - All We Want'sa Prison - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZVrckq-D-c Barbed Wire Choir - Is We Is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5-d2WOgpfQ
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