A Crisis of Care: Gina's Story (Part II)
From National Radio Project | Part of the Making Contact series | 00:28:56
Health care in prisons and jails across the U.S. is in a state of crisis and California prisons are no exception. State officials claim medical services in California's prisons meet normal community health care standards. But prisoner rights activists, lawyers, health care workers and the prisoners themselves have a different story to tell. The life and death of Gina Muniz is one of those stories.
On the second of our three-part series, 'A Crisis of Care,' a look inside California's prison health care system, we continue 'Gina's Story'.
Featuring: Grace Ortega, mom; David Ortega, step dad.
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Broadcast History
Program #14-08 - Begin date: 4/02/08. End date: 12/02/08.
Timing and Cues
Total run time is 29 minutes (no hard breaks)
-Optional cutaway at 1:00
-Optional (floating) cutaway between 12:00 and 20:00
-Music in/out.
Additional Files
- Promo has :10 end bed for ID (makingcon_080402_promo.mp2)
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Additional Information
- Produced: Jan 01, 2008
- Added to PRX: Mar 24, 2008
- This piece is in English
J.B. Dixon
Posted on April 04, 2008 at 12:30 PM | Permalink
Review of A Crisis of Care: Gina's Story (Part II)
"Gina's Story" MUST be heard by anybody and everybody who cares about civil rights, human rights and, for that matter, the viability of the U.S. Constitution. How this young woman's life and health snow-balled out of control while imprisoned in a California jail is so disturbing and heart-breaking that I find myself in disbelief that this sort of thing is possible... and maybe even common... in this country.
Of course, then I remember what has been going on for quite some time in the halls of power at every level of our government, and I feel foolish for being so surprised.
For listeners, the family interviews for "Gina's Story" are so deeply personal and the storyline so tightly assembled and produced that you are swept up into this strange and awful odyssey completely. Lulled by the excellent use of deftly-crafted, emotion-driven music, it's a shock to find that 30 minutes passed so quickly.
I was driving my car while listening to Part II of this family's descent into the prison system -- a system we all support, whether we choose to think about it or not. By the story's end, I had tears in my eyes and I wanted to somehow bring about change. That's what makes great storytelling great. And that's what makes great radio great.
Make sure to start with Part I. It's an hour you will not forget.