Prisons are built with one thing in mind: surveillance. The architecture is designed to assert control and diminish privacy. But even in these spaces, people find ways to claim just a bit of privacy. In this episode and the next, we explore how individuals adapt to prison architecture. First: carving out pockets of privacy, real and imagined.

Ear Hustle would like to thank Lieutenant Newborg, Associate Warden Lewis, Acting Warden Core, Mr. Mumm, the team at Poetic Justice, and everyone else who hosted them at the California Institution for Women.

Thanks also to Dareta Steverson, Marissa Brown, Rachel Rodriguez, Kathryn Elam, Alyce Copeland, Orrin “Artwork” Hutson, Branden Riddle-Terrell, Al Watson, Tommy Hall, Daniel Alem, Tam Nguyen, Ashley Garcia, and Nicole Visor for speaking to us for this episode.

Listen to Earlonne guest hosting the podcast Wrongful Conviction here.

Illustration by Damien Linnnane.

This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, Rhashiyd Zinnamon, E. Phil Phillips, Fernando Arruda, and David Jassy.

As always, big thanks to Lt. Sam Robinson and Warden Ron Broomfield for their support of the show.

Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.

You can download the episode here and find the transcript here.

Episode 80: Pockets