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Video Links

Video 1: House Arrest: A look at Electronic Monitoring Programs

Description: News story of a Brown County Jail about an alternative to physical jail, house arrest. They show the systems used, how they choose candidates for it, and the liabilities it has.

Video 2: Day One on Parole

Description: The story of Erroll Brantley, who has been in jail many times, but is experiencing parole for the first time tells how freedom comes at a cost.

Video 3: Why Hasn’t the Guantánamo Bay Prison Closed?

Description: Interview with a journalist who covered Guantánamo Bay intensively for years on why this prison for suspected terrorists still exists today. She explains how the people here have not been convicted of anything other than suspicion.

Podcast Link

Podcast 1: When Probation Got Too Expensive, One Man Chose to Go Back to Prison

Description: This is story of one man who could not afford the terms or time of probation, so he vowed to serve his time instead. According to an expert, this is not an unusual case. Many people choose to go back to jail because they cannot commit the time or money to obey probation laws.