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70 Million
70 Million
LWC Studios

This award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country... more

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Episodes

ICE Chief of Staff Michael Lumpkin Speaks on the Record About Conditions Inside Detention Centers, the Treatment of LGBTQ+ Detainees, and More

In our final episode of the series on ICE and gender, series co-editor Fernanda Santos interviews ICE Chief of Staff... more

04 Nov 2024 · 21 minutes
Why Transgender Immigrants Don’t Need Allies, They Need Accomplices

Transgender migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. experience higher rates of sexual, physical, and emotional mistreatment while in ICE detention.... more

04 Nov 2024 · 29 minutes
Angel Island, and Why the U.S. Has Historically Used Islands to Isolate, Process, and Deter Immigrants

We take a deeper look at the creation and enduring legacy of the country’s first detention center, Angel Island, and... more

04 Nov 2024 · 30 minutes
Mothers Seeking Asylum Face Much More Than Documentation Challenges

Many make the dangerous trek across South and Central America to arrive at the U.S. border to seek asylum and... more

04 Nov 2024 · 32 minutes
This Wyoming Lawyer Is Creating a Legal Safety Net for Asylum Seekers

In states with large immigrant populations, it’s easy to find an immigration lawyer. But in Wyoming, attorney Rosie Read’s nonprofit... more

04 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
Accusations and Denials About the Treatment of Trans Migrants in ICE Custody, Part 2

Vicky, a trans migrant from Honduras who came to the US seeking asylum, was placed in an ICE detention center... more

04 Nov 2024 · 17 minutes
Accusations and Denials About the Treatment of Trans Migrants in ICE Custody, Part 1

Detainees at ICE detention centers have long reported a lack of basic necessities, like edible food and potable water—but for... more

04 Nov 2024 · 23 minutes
Why These Afghan Women Had to Re-Learn to Be Mothers as Refugees in the US

Moving to the US as an immigrant from another country can sometimes take years. But in 2021, after the US’s... more

04 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
Migrants Risk Their Lives During Hunger Strikes Inside ICE Detention, Part 2

In California, force-feeding detainees on hunger strike is illegal, but in Texas it’s legal. In part two of this mini-series,... more

04 Nov 2024 · 29 minutes
Migrants Risk Their Lives During Hunger Strikes Inside ICE Detention, Part 1

When some detainees complained about the lack of basic safety, health and medical necessities inside some ICE detention centers, they... more

04 Nov 2024 · 26 minutes
70 Million Investigates: ICE x Gender

In the sixth season of our Peabody Award-nominated series, we look at what happens at the intersection of Immigration and... more

04 Nov 2024 · 2 minutes
Introducing Still Paying the Price: Reparations in Real Terms

The newest narrative podcast from LWC Studios is out now! “Still Paying the Price: Reparations in Real Terms” is a... more

26 Jul 2023 · 3 minutes
What’s the Public’s Role in Upholding a Broken Criminal Justice System?

Currently, over 7 million people are under some form of carceral supervision in the United States–from custody to bail to... more

26 Dec 2022 · 28 minutes
How Those Drowning in Carceral Debt Are Lining Others’ Pockets

The commercial bail bond industry is privatized, consolidated – and estimated to be worth $2.4 billion dollars. People arrested in... more

19 Dec 2022 · 44 minutes
Why Policing Our Schools Backfires

School resource officers are often called upon in middle and high schools to help with routine discipline. But for many... more

12 Dec 2022 · 34 minutes
How Jailhouse Informants Rig the Justice System

For four decades, testimony from jailhouse informants has been the source of public scandal in criminal cases across the U.S.... more

05 Dec 2022 · 34 minutes
Punished and Persecuted for Being Unhoused, Part 2

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the city of Los Angeles moved thousands of unhoused people into hotel rooms. The program, called... more

28 Nov 2022 · 41 minutes
Punished and Persecuted for Being Unhoused, Part 1

In Los Angeles, thousands of people who live outside have to navigate the insecurities caused by homelessness, the ire of... more

21 Nov 2022 · 47 minutes
Grand Juries, the Black Box of Justice Reform?

Grand juries are supposed to safeguard against the government charging people with a crime when it lacks sufficient evidence. But... more

14 Nov 2022 · 42 minutes
Highway Robbery: How a Small-town Traffic Trap Became a Legal Black Hole

In Brookside, Alabama, an eager new police chief, unsuspecting motorists, and a state-mandated loophole converged to create a nightmare for... more

07 Nov 2022 · 44 minutes
How Guilty Pleas Fastrack and Derail Justice

The US Constitution guarantees a right to trial to anyone accused of a crime, but less than 3 percent of... more

31 Oct 2022 · 40 minutes
They’re Running for Office to Change the Criminal (Injustice) System

Weeks before the 2022 midterm elections, 70 Million creator and executive producer Juleyka Lantigua digs into the subject of criminal... more

24 Oct 2022 · 42 minutes
Our Final Season Launches October 24!

Looking back over five seasons, we’re so thankful to you, our listeners, for believing in this work, for sharing the... more

17 Oct 2022 · 2 minutes
When a State Treats Drug Addiction Like a Health Issue, Not a Crime

A year ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. The goal is to reverse some of the... more

15 Nov 2021 · 35 minutes
When “Bail Reform” Isn't

Texas conservative lawmakers and bail reform advocates have long debated what bail reform can look like for those who cannot... more

08 Nov 2021 · 27 minutes
Taking Mental Health Crises Out of Police Hands

Police encounters during a mental health crisis have a greater chance of turning deadly if you're Black. New response mechanisms... more

01 Nov 2021 · 34 minutes
Forget Reform, They Want Abolition

Many organizers in St. Louis have given up on reforming the criminal legal system. Now, they’re working to abolish it.... more

25 Oct 2021 · 27 minutes
An Effort to Hold Prosecutors Accountable

A legal matrix that incentivizes criminal convictions can motivate unethical prosecutors to bend or break the rules. In New York,... more

18 Oct 2021 · 32 minutes
We Went Back to See How These Reforms Worked

We wanted to see what has happened since we first reported on mental health interventions for arrestees in Miami, how... more

11 Oct 2021 · 38 minutes
Why COVID-19 Goes from Jails to Communities

This special roundtable of experts looks at how policing and incarceration practices are impacting COVID-19 rates in BIPOC communities around... more

04 Oct 2021 · 36 minutes
How Black Women Are Rightfully “Taking Seats at the Table”

Nearly one in two Black women in the US have a loved one who has been impacted by our carceral... more

27 Sep 2021 · 29 minutes
Curing “Petty, Everyday Injustice” in Cook County

The saying goes that “justice delayed is justice denied.” One part of Illinois’ judicial system has had an outsized role... more

20 Sep 2021 · 36 minutes
Where Juvenile Detention Looks More Like Teens Hanging Out

There’s a place in rural St. Johns, Arizona, where teens who have encounters with officers of the law can play... more

13 Sep 2021 · 28 minutes
Season 4 Launches September 13!

Peabody Award-nominated  podcast 70 Million is coming back for our fourth season! Join us for more in-depth reporting and rich... more

30 Aug 2021 · 2 minutes
Where the COVID-19 Pandemic Might Finally Ignite Change in the Bail Bonds System

When jails across the country began releasing thousands of people amid the COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, and mass demonstrations... more

16 Nov 2020 · 36 minutes
TRAILER: Future Hindsight!

Our friends at Future Hindsight just launched Season 12!  Future Hindsight is a weekly podcast that aims to spark civic... more

13 Nov 2020 · 2 minutes
Where Housing, Not Jails, Is the Answer to Homelessness

In California, so-called quality of life laws criminalize panhandling, living in cars, and blocking sidewalks. Reporter Sarah McClure chronicles how... more

09 Nov 2020 · 41 minutes
On Tribal Land, Banishment, Rehabilitation and Re-entry Add Up to Justice

In Alaska, rising violent crime and substance abuse across the state have also increased incarceration rates among Native Americans. Making... more

02 Nov 2020 · 36 minutes
Where Hep C Remains Untreated for Those in Custody

Sean Wesley knew he had Hepatitis C when he started serving his prison sentence in Louisiana, and spent years trying... more

26 Oct 2020 · 33 minutes
No Longer Waiting for Top-Down Reform

Over the past few years, voters across the U.S.have elected prosecutors who promised to implement much-needed criminal justice reforms, from... more

19 Oct 2020 · 31 minutes
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There’s a place in rural St. Johns, Arizona, where teens who have encounters with officers of the law can play pool, make... more