This season we're flipping the script on our traditional Catch a Kite episodes, exploring questions asked and answered between San Quentin State Prison and the California Institution for Women. Do men in prison form unofficial families the way incarcerated women do? Do women sentenced for killing an abusive spouse receive fair sentences? Which candies from the prison package catalog appeal the most in both places? All of this, and more, in Catch a Kite 7.

Thanks to John Levin, Rakeisa Scott, Alyce Copeland, Conrai Jackson, Jacqueline Herron, Tamara Hinkle, Joshua Burton, Reggie Thorpe, Ana Cedillo, Thanh Tran, Jesse Rose, Tony de Trinidad, Edmond Richardson, Dante Jones, and Linda Ricchio. And thanks to Katie Turner at Poetic Justice for connecting us with the women at CIW.

This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, Rhashiyd Zinnamon, and David Jassy.

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

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Episode 74: Catch a Kite 7