Rohingya

April 17, 2018: Seven inmates were killed and 17 more injured in a series of fights that broke out at a maximum security prison in South Carolina on Sunday night. Lee Correctional Institution, which houses 1,500 male inmates, has a history of violence; its former warden calls it the most dangerous prison in South Carolina. Corrections officers declined to intervene in the brawl for four hours from the start of the incident. The Takeaway looks at the state of prison violence in America. Plus, we report on the shortage of opioids that is driving hospitals to find an alternative for patients; how photographs of victims of war often fall into familiar tropes; and one of the largest ever recalls of eggs in the United States.

March 16, 2018: Alabama Sheriff Todd Entrekin is coming under fire after it was revealed he purchased a $740,000 beachfront property with money earmarked for prisoners. But due to a Depression-era Alabama law, the gambit was entirely legal. The law permits unspent government funds to be deposited in the sheriff’s personal bank account. The Takeaway looks at the Depression-era conditions that spawned this law, and how it’s being exploited by 21st-century government officials. Plus, we examine the impact of being marked as a ‘criminal’ in the juvenile justice system; why two reporters were arrested in Myanmar for investigating the Rohingya refugee crisis; and indie rock band Yo La Tengo’s first self-produced studio album.

Jan. 18, 2018: A massive pool of genetic information, 1 million strong: That’s the goal of a new initiative from the National Institutes of Health, called “All of Us.” The Takeaway talks to the director of the NIH about the project, plus a look at the growing fight over immigration in Congress; humanitarian crises in Yemen and Myanmar; and a how the Trump Administration is rethinking America’s nuclear strategy.