Here's what you missed when you weren't listening. Dan talks to Bill Ryan, publisher of Stateville Speaks, a newsletter written by and advocating for prisoners in Illinois. full post »

We saw this last week. We'll call the number from the studio today.Also, those trips could get less affordable soon ... if Illinois follows through on plans to close Stateville Correctional Center, the nearest big state prison to Chicago. Inmates' famili... full post »

The late artist, Michael Piazza, handed a bunch of cassette recorders to inmates of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. They recorded a day in the life, taking showers, banging on the window to get passer-bys to look up, laying down beat... full post »