Episode 9: Vanessa Pt. 2

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01/23/20 • 23 min

In the second part of Vanessa's interview, she speaks with Christina about the details surrounding Tyler's crime for which he received a sentence of life without parole.
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Show warning: the topics discussed in this episode contain graphic descriptions of violence. Please listen at your own discretion.

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Episode 8: Vanessa Pt. 1

Christina speaks with Vanessa, a woman who consistently corresponds with inmates serving life without parole sentences. In the first of a two part episode Vanessa shares details of a relationship that has impacted her life in a way she couldn't have imagined

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Episode 10: Shane, 'We're All Doing Time'

Quarantine Edition. Christina speaks with Shane, an inmate currently serving a life sentence in New York State's Sing Sing Prison. He gives a firsthand account of the events developing in the prison during the COVID-19 outbreak and how it's impacting inmate life there. Sing Sing was one of the first US prisons to report positive tests for the COVID-19 virus.
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Article referenced:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/it-spreads-like-wildfire-covid-19-comes-to-new-yorks-prisons
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Written and produced by Christina Hansen
Additional production and sound editing by: Jason Sissoyev

Penned - Episode 9: Vanessa Pt. 2

Transcript

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as I continue to put out each episode of penned , there's this courage I've built up behind the microphone. As I bare my soul a little more. There are times when it's hard for me to approach the subject of incarceration because I'm reminded of my brother and his struggle dealing with addiction and being in and out of prison for the past eight years.

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