Fire Escape: Escape EP2

Amika is thrown in the hole for forty days. Locked in a windowless cell, she can hear the women through the walls losing their sanity.

To protect herself, Amika must shut down all connections with everyone she loves: her cellies, her mom, and even her kids. The world looks dark until she sees a small light that may illuminate a path to her new life when she gets a call from the firehouse.

This episode contains strong language and graphic imagery. Sensitive listeners please be advised.

Thank you, Amika Mota, for sharing your story with us! Fire Escape , the 6-part series is dropping weekly on the Snap Judgment podcast feed.

You can access the bonus episodes here . Fire Escape is a production of Snap Studios at KQED , made in partnership with Audible (previously Wondery).

This series was created, written and produced by Anna Sussman. Snap Senior story editors: Mark Ristich and Nancy López.

Director of Production: Marisa Dodge. Original music by Renzo Gorrio and Doug Stuart.

Doug Stuart also created the theme song. Sound design and engineering by Miles Lassi.

Audible senior story editor: Phyllis Fletcher. Development producer: Eliza Mills.

Senior Producers: Clare Chambers, Lauren Dee and Mandy Gorenstein. Managing Producer: Sarah Mathis.

Executive producers: Glynn Washington, Mark Ristich, Marshall Lewy, Morgan Jones, George Lavender and Jen Sargent. Special thanks to Adizah Eghan, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Pat Mesiti-Miller, Allison MacAdam, Catherine Winter and the San Francisco Fire Department.

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