Criminal Justice

On The Lines Between Us, 50 years after Gideon v. Wainwright established the right to an attorney in criminal cases, but access may be limited. We talk with a public defender for the State of Maryland, executive director of Maryland's Access to Justice Commission, and a law professor.

Then, Tom Hall talks with actress, writer and director Rain Pryor about a new school program that gives students access to tehater.

A look at what it’s like to re-enter society following incarceration with three former Baltimore offenders who are all recent graduates of the Jericho Re-entry Program, a local year-long program to help get formerly incarcerated men get back on their feet.

May 10, 2013

Missouri v. Jenkins

The Bradford case

Supreme Court

The Black Guerilla Family hit the headlines two weeks ago when Tavon White, other inmates and 13 corrections officers were indicted for criminal gang activity at the Baltimore jail. But, B.G.F.’s history reaches back five decades when Black Panther George Jackson started a revolutionary organization to protect prisoner rights. We learn what part of that political ideology is still visible here in Baltimore.

May 8, 2013

On The Lines Between Us, we look in the psychological effects of "administrative segregation" and "disciplinary segregation" on Maryland prisoners and how they compare to solitary confinement.

Then, Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival and Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post tell us what movies to look out for at this year's Maryland Film Festival.

For nearly four years, Tavon “Bulldog” White, leader of the notorious Black Guerilla Family prison gang, built a network of corruption so extensive within the Baltimore City Detention Center he controlled every aspect of the jail’s operation. That’s according to a federal indictment against members of BGF and 13 female corrections officers. Four of those officers became pregnant by White. Rod J. Rosenstein, U.S. attorney for Maryland, whose will prosecute the case, is our guest.

We continue our coverage in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. We discuss the relationship between 19-year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is in custody, and being questioned, and his older brother Tamerlan, who was killed by authorities.

Some see Baltimore’s ‘blue light’ crime cameras as a marker, lighting up the lines around high-crime neighborhoods. For residents living among them, the cameras can be either a welcome crime deterrent--or an affront to their privacy and integrity.

On the Lines Between Us, we'll hear from the director of the Baltimore Police CitiWatch program, a city councilman who wants more cameras for his district, and artists who have addressed life among the cameras—and the police presence that attends them.