Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
When you hear stories about solitary housing units, or the SHU, in prison, what do you picture?
A small, grungy cell, where prisoners are fed disgusting looking loafs of food and attempt conversations with other inmates in solitary through a small vent in the wall?
The hit NetFlix show "Orange Is The New Black" is based on the memoir of a woman named Piper who spent 15 months in federal prison for her involvement in an international drug smuggling operation. But just how accurate of a prison portrayal is it?
That's something Dylan Matthews of the Washington Post has been looking into. He joins the show to explain.