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KDEF-RSN: "Prison White Paper Report" Part 1

Collection Name (born 1947 Casper, Wyoming)
Date1971
Medium7-inch audio reel
Dimensions7 × 7 × 1/4 in. (17.8 × 17.8 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsAudio, Film, & Video
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Zane Blaney
Object numberPA2019.068.060
DescriptionThis is the first half of a radio documentary and investigative story about the New Mexico prison system. It was edited and submitted to the APE Award Contest for 1971-1972.
NOTE: The second half of this program can be found at PA2019.068.073


Keywords and topics: prison reform, penology, prison, inmates, correctional officers, prison guards, prisoners, unrest, Howard Leach, Felix Rodriguez, Horatio Herrera, New Mexico State Penitentiary, prison wardens, dissent, Roadrunner State Network, John Salazar

This program was aired in 1971 and submitted to the APE Awards for 1971-1972 by KDEF radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This reel has a runtime of 00:31:12. Transcript available.
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New Mexico State Penitentiary Burning
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Nixon teetering Lindsay
Julio Fernández Larraz
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José Victoriano Huerta Márquez
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