Podcast and News Appearances
12/12/2023 - Paul Wright on Political MisfitsHuman Rights activist and the editor and publisher of Prison Legal News Paul Wright discusses the prevalence of solitary confinement and other forms of torture in the US, what it means to ban the practice in New York City, how solitary confinement policies are being rolled back or hidden in plain sight in US prisons, the novel lengths Alabama is going to to execute one man, and the history of criminal justice “reform” in the US.
11/28/2023 - Paul Wright on The Final Countdown - Derek Chavin's Prison Attack
11/15/2023 - Paul Wright on The Final Countdown
Discussing the tragic murder of an Alabama prisoner.
11/06/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
Paul Wright, founder of the Human Rights Defense Center and the editor and publisher of Prison Legal News and Criminal Legal News magazines, discusses how prison officials use transportation processes to obstruct prisoners from communicating with their lawyers and their families and how these practices are perpetuated.
09/23/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
Paul Wright discusses how Chicago is reckoning with its “Burge Torture Era,” that Chicago isn’t alone in abiding police abuses, how the way police are investigated allowing abuses to continue, reporting on high numbers of deaths within the Louisiana prison system, and a trend of disbanding small town police departments due to recruitment failures and record resignations among officers.
08/22/2023 - Paul Wright on CrossRoads Radio Show - Why Inflation Price Hikes Are Even Worse Behind Bars
07/11/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
Managing editor of Prison Legal News and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center, Paul Wright discusses the role of healthcare and mental illness in US prisons, the phenomenon of foster children being put in juvenile detention when no foster care opportunities are present, and a Bureau of Prisons report skirting blame in the death of Whitey Bulger.
05/17/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits - Solitary Confinement & Mental Illness
Managing editor Prison Legal News and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center Paul Wright discusses the use of solitary confinement in US prisons and the human rights catastrophe it demonstrates, the pervasive imprisonment of mentally ill individuals, the divide between has access to mental health treatment and who doesn’t, and any legislative paths to address crises in US prisons.
04/13/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
Discussing the decaying state of dental care in Texas prisons, the privatization of prison medical services, the Los Angeles Police Department accidentally revealing the identities of undercover cops to a watchdog group, and the LAPD’s historical involvement in murder-for-hire schemes.
03/30/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
Discussing the current state and use of solitary confinement in the United States, scenarios nationwide where legislators are considering curbing the use of solitary, Matt Gaetz hiring a war criminal as a legislative aid, and a drug conspiracy charge involving a head of a police union.
02/21/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
Discussing rising COVID-related deaths in U.S. prisons, an assessment of the insufficient conditions in both state and federal prisons, how a disregard for the lives of prisoners hinders prison reform efforts, the noticeable lack of compassionate releases within the U.S. prison system, and the status of for-profit prison healthcare companies amid ongoing lawsuits.
01/26/2023 - Paul Wright on Political Misfits
Discussing corruption in the Miami Police Department, the killing of an environmental activist protesting Atlanta’s ’Cop City’, the Tyre Nichols case in Memphis as criminal charges are to be announced, and smuggling at Rikers Island.
