On May 20th, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez became the fifth child to die in border patrol custody since December. He was 16, and had been held for a week in a border patrol outpost that lacked proper provisioning. He had fled Guatemala, currently wracked with drought and violence, and reached the U.S. on May 13- …

Kite Line- May 24, 2019: Migrant Bodies, Uncaring Medicine- The Lethal Politics of Detention

Kite Line is a radio program devoted to prison issues around the Midwest and beyond. Behind the prison walls, a message is called a kite: whispered words, a note passed hand to hand, or a request submitted to the guards for medical care. Illicit or not, sending a kite means trusting that other people will bear it farther along till it reaches its destination. On the show, we hope to pass along words across the prison walls.

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Kite Line- May 24, 2019: Migrant Bodies, Uncaring Medicine- The Lethal Politics of Detention

Kite Line- May 24, 2019: Migrant Bodies, Uncaring Medicine- The Lethal Politics of Detention

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