2023 Dart Awards — Deliberate Indifference

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Selections from WBHM’s 7-part podcast Deliberate Indifference. The podcast traces how Alabama’s prisons became among the most dangerous correctional systems in the nation, where incarcerated men face a near constant threat of violence in overcrowded, critically understaffed facilities.

Episode 1, “An Alabama Problem,” which introduces listeners to the Alabama prison crisis that’s been brewing for decades

Episode 5, “Minimally Adequate,” which documents the failures of mental healthcare in Alabama’s prisons

 

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