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The Long Tail Charged: A True Punishment Story

Slate Presents: One Year by Slate Podcasts

May 15, 201910:16Society & Culture

A standalone episode about one of the voices featured in our series who is introduced to listeners as an expert but who goes through his own harrowing experience with the system when he’s sent to Rikers a few days shy of...

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