This Was a Crucial Place
A former inmate (John McCullough), a former guard (Donald Vaughn) and Steve Buscemi guide the listener through 1960's prison reform via the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA.
2006 / Peter Crimmins / TCF, USA
A former inmate (John McCullough), a former guard (Donald Vaughn) and Steve Buscemi guide the listener through 1960's prison reform via the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA.
This Was a Crucial Place was produced for the 2006 TCF ShortDocs Challenge: 99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story.
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Peter Crimmins is an independent producer and part-time news reporter at WHYY, in Philadelphia.
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