Penned
Penned takes a look at the relationships which are formed between inmates and the people who write to them through the prison pen pal system.
- Update frequency
- every 73 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
Episode 31: Mercedes
Christina speaks with Mercedes about the life she's created with her husband, who is incarcerated in San Diego and serving a sentence of life without parole. Mercedes' perspective shows how difficul…
Episode 30: Unconditional Freedom
Unconditional Freedom is an organization determined to create massive change within the United States' prison system by introducing a new model for prisons called The Prison Monastery. This radical …
Episode 29: Audree
Christina speaks with Audree, a prison wife from Canada, who is in a relationship with Jeffrey, an American currently serving time in a facility near the US/Canadian border.
As with most incarcerat…
Episode 28: Paige
Christina speaks with Paige, a woman living on the opposite coast from her incarcerated husband. She speaks candidly about her life as a prison wife, detailing the ups and downs that come with being …
Episode 27: Danny Pt. 2
Christina continues her conversation with Danny, who is speaking from within Waupun Correctional Institution*. He speaks more on the programs in prison, what works and doesn't work, the reality of wh…
Episode 26: Danny Pt. 1
Christina speaks with Danny, who is currently incarcerated in Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin*. He's engaged to Katie, a British woman, who was featured in Episode 23 and shares his exp…
Episode 25: Catherine Legge
Christina speaks with investigative journalist, TV show producer, and filmmaker Catherine Legge. Her documentary From Prison With Love (known outside of the US as Met While Incarcerated) tells the l…
Episode 24: Dana
Christina speaks with Dana, an artist and educator who works with incarcerated folks in Mankato, MN through the "Art Under Confinement Program", a collaborative between the 410 Project and artists wh…
Episode 23: Katie
Christina speaks with Katie, a soon-to-be prison wife who is separated from her fiancé, Danny, by more than just prison walls. There's several states and an ocean between them, she lives in the UK a…
Episode 22: Christine
Christina speaks with Christine, a recently married prison wife who met her husband, Carlos, through a prison pen pal website during the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Despite Carlos' 25 year pris…
Episode 21: Die Jim Crow Records
Christina speaks with BL Shirelle & Fury Young, Co-Executive Directors of Die Jim Crow Records, a non-profit record label dedicated to producing music from currently and formerly incarcerated artists…
Episode 20: Martin Lockett
Christina speaks with Martin Lockett, who spent 17.5 years in prison for a DUI fatality that claimed two lives and severely injured another. In Penned's 20th episode Martin shares the story of the t…
Episode 19: Britnee
Christina speaks with Britnee who entered into a relationship with an inmate without planning to pursue anything romantically from the start. As their connection progressed and real life issues start…
Episode 18: Aundrea
Christina speaks with Aundrea, a prison wife who is plugged in to what goes on at the prison where her boyfriend is incarcerated. She shares some insight at the injustices that continue to occur, eve…
Episode 17: Tiyauna
Christina speaks with Tiyauna, a prison wife who started a friendship with her now-husband Willie, during his incarceration over a decade ago. The friendship turned into something deeper in the last …
Episode 16: Jade
Christina speaks with Jade, a TikTok sensation who has gone viral for her videos talking about what everyday life is like being a self-proclaimed prison wife. Jade uses the platform as a means to con…
Episode 15: Elizabeth Greenwood
Christina speaks with author/journalist, Elizabeth Greenwood, about her newest book Love Lockdown, in which she follows 5 couples who have met while incarcerated and shares their vastly different exp…
Episode 14: Robert
Christina speaks with Robert Kingett, a blind journalist, who began writing to inmates who are serving life sentences and on death row. He thought they would be more accepting than any other sighted …
Episode 13: Emma
Christina speaks with Emma, a woman who lives in Jackson, Michigan AKA 'Prison City'. She recently started writing to inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic, including one man who is currently on deat…
Episode 12: TEDx At Sing Sing Correctional Facility
In Episode 12, Christina explores the idea of uncertainty and shares the audio from Michael Shane Hale's TEDx Talk about redefining the prison reentry experience from within.
This audio was recorded …