web02.fireside.fm Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:57:41 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tatter - Episodes Tagged with “Prisons” https://tatter.fireside.fm/tags/prisons Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0400 This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. en-us episodic Politics and Policy Michael Sargent This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. no politics, policy, law Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 45: Correctional Training (w/ J. Pfaff & M. Rocque) https://tatter.fireside.fm/45 7427eb4f-2013-4f44-9d78-024545e0ff25 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation with law professor John Pfaff and sociologist and criminologist Mike Rocque, about the theories surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's death, prison conditions, mental health and mass shootings, one prominent presidential candidate, and more. 59:07 no ABOUT THIS EPISODE John Pfaff is Professor of Law at Fordham University, and has areas of expertise that include prisons, criminal law, and sentencing law. Michael Rocque is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bates College, and his areas of expertise include criminological theory, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and desistance from crime. He has also worked as Senior Research Advisor with the Maine Department of Corrections. In this episode, we use the recent death of Jeffrey Epstein as well as ongoing mass shootings as jumping off points for a wide-ranging conversation about jail and prison conditions, mental illness and mass public shootings, criminal justice reform, and more, including discussion of at least one U.S. presidential candidate. LINKS --John Pfaff's Fordham profile (https://www.fordham.edu/info/23171/john_pfaff) --Mike Rocque's Bates profile (https://www.bates.edu/sociology/faculty/michael-rocque/) --Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform (by John Pfaff) (https://www.amazon.com/Locked-Causes-Incarceration-Achieve-Reform/dp/0465096913) --"Actually, there is a clear link between mass shootings and mental illness," (by Grant Duwe and Michael Rocque, for the Los Angeles Times) (https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-duwe-rocque-mass-shootings-mental-illness-20180223-story.html) --Stephanie Kelley-Romano's Bates profile (https://www.bates.edu/rhetoric-film-screen-studies/faculty/kelley-romano-stephanie/) --"What we know about the conditions at the prison where Jeffrey Epstein died," (from National Public Radio) (https://www.npr.org/2019/08/14/751235936/what-we-know-about-the-conditions-at-the-prison-where-jeffrey-epstein-died) --Wiki entry on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Litigation_Reform_Act) --"America's most interesting sheriff" (Economist article on Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart) (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/08/08/americas-most-interesting-sheriff) --Rocque's Scholars Strategy Network profile (https://scholars.org/scholar/michael-rocque) --"Megan Rapinoe did not stomp on the flag. Here's why people got outraged regardless," (by Rocque, for Newsweek) (https://www.newsweek.com/megan-rapinoe-did-not-stomp-flag-heres-why-people-got-outraged-regardless-opinion-1449030) --"Justice and safety for all," (Bernie Sanders's criminal justice reform plan) (https://berniesanders.com/issues/criminal-justice-reform/) Special Guests: John Pfaff and Mike Rocque. prisons, mental illness, mass shootings, criminal justice ABOUT THIS EPISODE
John Pfaff is Professor of Law at Fordham University, and has areas of expertise that include prisons, criminal law, and sentencing law. Michael Rocque is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bates College, and his areas of expertise include criminological theory, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and desistance from crime. He has also worked as Senior Research Advisor with the Maine Department of Corrections. In this episode, we use the recent death of Jeffrey Epstein as well as ongoing mass shootings as jumping off points for a wide-ranging conversation about jail and prison conditions, mental illness and mass public shootings, criminal justice reform, and more, including discussion of at least one U.S. presidential candidate.

LINKS
--John Pfaff's Fordham profile
--Mike Rocque's Bates profile
--Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform (by John Pfaff)
--"Actually, there is a clear link between mass shootings and mental illness," (by Grant Duwe and Michael Rocque, for the Los Angeles Times)
--Stephanie Kelley-Romano's Bates profile
--"What we know about the conditions at the prison where Jeffrey Epstein died," (from National Public Radio)
--Wiki entry on the Prison Litigation Reform Act
--"America's most interesting sheriff" (Economist article on Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart)
--Rocque's Scholars Strategy Network profile
--"Megan Rapinoe did not stomp on the flag. Here's why people got outraged regardless," (by Rocque, for Newsweek)
--"Justice and safety for all," (Bernie Sanders's criminal justice reform plan)

Special Guests: John Pfaff and Mike Rocque.

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John Pfaff is Professor of Law at Fordham University, and has areas of expertise that include prisons, criminal law, and sentencing law. Michael Rocque is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bates College, and his areas of expertise include criminological theory, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and desistance from crime. He has also worked as Senior Research Advisor with the Maine Department of Corrections. In this episode, we use the recent death of Jeffrey Epstein as well as ongoing mass shootings as jumping off points for a wide-ranging conversation about jail and prison conditions, mental illness and mass public shootings, criminal justice reform, and more, including discussion of at least one U.S. presidential candidate.

LINKS
--John Pfaff's Fordham profile
--Mike Rocque's Bates profile
--Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform (by John Pfaff)
--"Actually, there is a clear link between mass shootings and mental illness," (by Grant Duwe and Michael Rocque, for the Los Angeles Times)
--Stephanie Kelley-Romano's Bates profile
--"What we know about the conditions at the prison where Jeffrey Epstein died," (from National Public Radio)
--Wiki entry on the Prison Litigation Reform Act
--"America's most interesting sheriff" (Economist article on Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart)
--Rocque's Scholars Strategy Network profile
--"Megan Rapinoe did not stomp on the flag. Here's why people got outraged regardless," (by Rocque, for Newsweek)
--"Justice and safety for all," (Bernie Sanders's criminal justice reform plan)

Special Guests: John Pfaff and Mike Rocque.

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