Prison Town

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Prison Town

Evey Wilson Wetherbee and Jessica Szilagyi

7 episodes

7 months ago

In the midst of a federal investigation into Georgia's prisons for civil rights violations, we decided to use one prison in South Georgia as a case study. The things we found are chilling. An 88-year-old man is shot while he’s sleeping. Another man is murdered one county over. A woman is found dead in a mobile home park. And somehow they all link back to the same prison, illuminating many of the complex problems that plague our criminal justice system. This reporting is supported by the Center for Collaborative Journalism and The Georgia Virtue.

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Episodes (7/7)

Prison Town

6. Ripples

Mothers share their testimonies of how the Georgia Department of Corrections failed their sons. One more almost unbelievable story about the warden. People present solutions.

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2 years ago

46 minutes 14 seconds

Prison Town

5. Special Management

Attorney Frank Hogue conjures the pressure of a juror on a death penalty trial. District Attorney Wright Barksdale reframes our understanding of security. Former warden Jose Morales allows us inside Georgia's most lockdown facility before death row. New information is revealed about the third murder.

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2 years ago

35 minutes 39 seconds

Prison Town

4. High Stakes

A notorious prison closes suspiciously fast. The EMS director and county coroner share their experiences and Jessica Szilagyi investigates the true cost of having three state prisons in Tattnall County.

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2 years ago

30 minutes 18 seconds

Prison Town

3. First Lady

Lewis Levine finds himself at the scene of multiple related crimes. The women connect back to Smith State Prison.

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2 years ago

31 minutes 22 seconds

Prison Town

2. Three Booms

Marla Davis shares about the night of her husband's murder. A GBI agent takes the stand and explains the facts of their investigation.

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2 years ago

35 minutes 20 seconds

Prison Town

1. Fireball

Riots broke out at Smith State Prison on February 8, 2023. Evey Wilson Wetherbee and Jessica Szilagyi explain what this has to do with a murder that happened in Glennville, Ga. two years earlier.

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2 years ago

27 minutes 44 seconds

Prison Town

Prison Town - Trailer

"Things like this don't happen in Glennville" Get bonus content on Patreon

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2 years ago

1 minute 15 seconds