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- Dmae Lo Roberts
- Username: dmaeroberts
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- Joined PRX: Oct 02, 2003
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- "Huntsville Prison Blues"
- Summary: Every day, more than 150 men are processed, paroled and released from the Walls Unit in Hunstville, Texas, a small conservative town home to nine state prisons. "Huntsville Prison Blues" documents a typical release day.
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Review of Huntsville Prison Blues
Dmae Lo Roberts
Posted on September 16, 2005 at 07:45 AM
I hate to sound like the president of Long Haul productions' fan club but this piece is pretty amazing. In less than ten minutes, we go from prisoners counting off their names and i.d. numbers in roll call through their release into the world again and their reunions with loved ones. It's all done through sound with no reporter telling us what to think and what to picture, and it's mesmerizing. It's as if we're one of the prisoners going through all these emotional and physical changes - total immersion. The piece is described as documenting a "typical release day" but this piece is anything but typical. Though it was made four years ago, it's still topical and riveting. I don't think this piece just specific to Hunstville and would apply for any listener across the country.