The lat­est edi­tion of the Death Penalty Information Center’s series of pod­casts, DPIC on the Issues, is now avail­able for lis­ten­ing or down­load­ing. This pod­cast – the 16th in the series – dis­cuss­es the lit­tle-under­stood world of death row, explor­ing the con­di­tions on the row and the length of time pris­on­ers spend there. The pod­cast dis­cuss­es some of the legal issues that have arisen regard­ing the extend­ed depri­va­tion and iso­la­tion com­mon to death rows around the coun­try, includ­ing the risk of men­tal dete­ri­o­ra­tion among the inmates. First-hand descrip­tions of the death-row expe­ri­ence are also offered. Click here to lis­ten to this lat­est pod­cast. Generally, these pod­casts offer con­cise, infor­ma­tive dis­cus­sions of impor­tant death penal­ty issues. Other recent episodes focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and the Legal Process involved in a cap­i­tal case. You can sub­scribe to receive auto­mat­ic updates through iTunes when new episodes are post­ed and receive access to all pre­vi­ous episodes. Other audio and video resources, along with all of DPIC’s pod­casts, can be found on our Multimedia page.

DPIC’s pod­casts may be use­ful for stu­dents research­ing death penal­ty issues. Many of our pod­casts are avail­able on our iPhone App as well.

(DPIC Podcast #16: Death Row, post­ed October 10, 2011). If you have sug­ges­tions for top­ics you would like to see addressed in future pod­casts, con­tact us at dpic@​deathpenaltyinfo.​org. See also Death Row and Student Resources.

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