Episode 2: The Expert

The Gonzalo Lopez escape highlighted several shortcomings of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In particular, officers participated in "trafficking" as inmates were loaded onto the bus, and egregious understaffing (plus failures to adequately strip search inmates) allowed Gonzalo Lopez the opportunity to escape.
 
 On today's episode, Karla Castillo speaks to professor Mitchel Roth of Sam Houston State University, who's an expert on law enforcement, prisons and gang crimes.