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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How the restructuring of California’s prisons has helped the Aryan Brotherhood thrive

    This week, federal officials charged 16 members of the Aryan Brotherhood with racketeering, murder, and running a multi-state drug ring from behind bars.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Jun 7, 2019 • 1 min read

    This week, federal officials charged 16 members of the Aryan Brotherhood with racketeering, murder, and running a multi-state drug ring from behind bars. The indictment stems from a five-year investigation that spanned some of California’s most secure prisons.

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      Barbara Bogaev

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Brian Levin

      founding director, Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    LA gets 24 Michelin stars, should we care?
    1. 0:00How the restructuring of California’s prisons has helped the Aryan Brotherhood thriveYou’re reading this
    2. 10:20LA has 24 new Michelin stars, but after being snubbed for so long, should we care?
    3. 19:55Is 'Dark Phoenix' a satisfying end to the X-Men film franchise?
    4. 33:10Ron Howard documents the life of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti
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