Stay Connected“Behind Gray Walls” is a podcast featuring stories from the men and women who lived and worked at the Old Idaho State Penitentiary. Each week, Anthony, Samuel, and Skye explore prisoners whose crimes led them to serve time at the “Old Pen.” Their history is explored in depth and compared to corrections topics faced in communities today.
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In this episode of Disturbing Justice, things heat up as Anthony and Skye discuss how the weather helped spark one of the most violent prison riots at the Old Pen. Hear oral histories from prisoner Ron Macik who served a pivotal role in the uprising, and guard Bill Sanders who describes how the events unfolded and his desensitized reaction to a surprise rolled up in a gym mat.
In this episode of Disturbing Justice, Anthony and Skye discuss the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the attempts made by Idaho prisoners to invoke change through a week-long strike after losing commissary privileges.
In this episode of Disturbing Justice, Anthony and Skye launch into a discussion about the Space Race, and break down a hostage situation led by a prisoner with the unfortunate nickname of "Legal Cutie."
In this episode of Disturbing Justice, Anthony and Skye walk through the fascinating and turbulent history of 1950s Cold War America, and an uprising quickly quelled by Warden Clapp with the help of a few hundred dollars in tear gas grenades.
On today's Stool Pigeon Saturday, Skye discusses a black widow who threw a few mini-riots of her own in the Women's Ward, #3691 Mary Crumroy (Murder in the 2nd Degree).
Anthony finishes telling the story of Warden John Snook, the most honest rancher, territorial marshal, legislator, and warden you’ve ever heard of—as he cleans up the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta!
In this episode of Disturbing Justice, Anthony and Skye walk through a riot that resulted in an unfortunate nickname for Yard Captain Gilbert Talley. ATTENTION! The exhibition - Disturbing Justice - will not open until late September. Please stay tuned as we announce the official opening later this season.
On our first Stool Pigeon Saturday, Anthony discusses Warden John Snook, the most honest rancher, territorial marshal, legislator, and warden you’ve ever heard of—and this is only the first part of his life! Tune in next Saturday for part 2.
In this episode of Disturbing Justice, Anthony and Skye walk through the first recorded attempt by ISP inmates to stage a riot against Warden John Snook, a man with a certain sense for such situations.
Season 4 is here! In this episode, Skye and Anthony interviewed the Old Pen Team who made both the new season of the podcast and a brand new exhibition - Disturbing Justice: An Illustrated Narrative of I.S.P. Uprisings - happen, including local artist Allen Gladfelter (https://www.allengladfelter.com/) who illustrated the riots for the new exhibition. Stay tuned to all the happenings at the Old Pen by visiting our website (https://history.idaho.gov/).
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