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A podcast asking the radical question "How Can We Decacerate America?"

Decarceration Nation (with Josh and Joel)


    • Jan 16, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 54m AVG DURATION
    • 135 EPISODES

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    135 Lisa Hajjar - Torture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 76:35


    You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/Joshua B. Hoe interviews Lisa Hajjar about her book "The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture"

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    134 Chesa Boudin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 62:01


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Chesa Boudin about his time as District Attorney of SF and about his recall from that officeYou can read complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    133 Dana Sussman - Dobbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 71:42


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Dana Sussman about potential criminalization resulting from the Supreme Court's recent Dobbs decisionYou can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    132 Hugh Ryan - The Women's House of Detention

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 68:37


    Joshua B. Hoe talks with author Hugh Ryan about his book "The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison"You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    131 Keri Blakinger - Corrections in Ink

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 83:01


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Keri Blakinger about her book "Corrections in Ink." You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    130 JJ Prescott and Wayne Logan - SORN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 74:03


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews JJ Prescott and Wayne Logan about their book Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Laws: An Empirical Evaluation You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    129 Kristin Henning - The Rage of Innocence

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 71:29


    Joshua B. Hoe talks with Kristin Henning about her book "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth"You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    128 Ashish Prashar - Media and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 75:02


    Joshua B. Hoe talks with Ashish Prashar about the media and political aspects of criminal justice reformYou can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    127 M. Chris Fabricant - Junk Science

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 67:03


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews M. Chris Fabricant about his book Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice SystemYou can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    126 Patrice Sulton - DC Justice Lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 58:15


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Patrice Sulton about her work at the DC Justice LabYou can find full episode notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    125 Eliza Orlins - Public Defense

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 61:25


    Joshua B. Hoe talks with Eliza Orlins about her run for Manhattan District Attorney and her work as a public defender.You can find complete show notes on our  website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    124 Michael Deegan McCree - Cannabis Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 78:07


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Michael Deegan McCree about his criminal justice reform work and about cannabis justice.You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    123 Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell - Her Honor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 69:20


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell about her time on the bench and about her book "Her Honor."You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    122 Scott Hechinger - Bail Reform NY

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 75:53


    Joshua B.  Hoe interviews Scott Hechinger about bail reform in New York.You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    121 Hannah Riley - Georgia Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 73:27


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Hannah Riley about the crisis in Georgia's prison system.You can find complete show notes for Episode 121 on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    120 Carissa Byrne Hessick - Plea Bargains

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 73:56


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Carissa Byrne Hessick about her book “Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining is a Bad Deal”You can find complete show notes on our webpage https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    119 Elliott Young - Forever Prisoners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 69:21


    Joshua B. Hoe talks with Elliott Young about immigration detention and his book "Forever Prisoners."You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/  

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    118 Eric Reinhart - Carceral COVID

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 72:26


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Eric Reinhart about COVID in prisons and jails You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    117 Marc Bookman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 59:28


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Marc Bookman about his book A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    116 Kamal Lukata Anderson and Bridget McCormack

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 52:06


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Kamal Lukata Anderson and Chief Justice Bridget McCormack about the Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration in MichiganYou can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    115 Eyal Press

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 60:44


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Eyal Press about his book "Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequity in America"You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    114 Somil Trivedi 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 53:41


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews ACLU attorney Somil Trivedi  about the last Supreme Court termYou can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    113 Nneka Jones Tapia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 59:05


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Dr. Nneka Jones-Tapia about her work with Chicago Beyond and her time as the warden of the Cook County JailYou can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    112 Maia Szalavitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 59:19


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Maia Szalavitz about her book "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction" You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    111 Clint Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 56:20


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Clint Smith about his book "How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning With The History of Slavery Across America"You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    110 Laura Bennett

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 76:11


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Laura Bennett about her report “Freedom then the Press: New York Bail and Media Reform"You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    109 Stanford Fraser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 45:39


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Stanford Fraser about his run for State's attorney in Prince Georges County MarylandYou can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    108 Brittany K. Barnett

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 52:15


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Brittany K Barnett about her book "A Knock at Midnight"You can find complete show notes on our webpage https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    107 Sharif Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 50:34


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews State Senator Sharif Street about his work on criminal justice reformYou can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    106 David Sklansky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 49:20


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews David Sklansky about his book “A Pattern of Violence: How the Law Classifies Crimes and What it Means for Justice”You can find complete show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    105 Vincent Schiraldi 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 54:10


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Vincent Schiraldi about his recent report on parole in New York CityYou can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    104 Maurice Chammah

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 67:35


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Maurice Chammah about his book "Let The Lord Sort Them: The Rise And Fall of the Death Penalty"You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    103 Alana Sivin and Emily Galvin-Almanza

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 61:57


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Alana Sivin and Emily Galvin-Almanza about their work at 'The Appeal Live'You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    102 Marlon Peterson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 62:16


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Marlon Peterson about his book "Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist Freedom Song"You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    101 Reuben Jonathan Miller 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 52:17


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Reuben Jonathan Miller about his new book "Halfway Home."You can find full episode notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    100 Van Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 56:51


    Joshua B. Hoe talks to Van Jones about his work at the REFORM AllianceYou can find full episode notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    99 Rebecca Shaeffer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 49:05


    Joshua B. Hoe talks with Rebecca Shaeffer about her report on station-house counselYou can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    98 Ashley Nellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 63:13


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Ashley Nellis about life sentencesYou can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    97 Celia Ouellette

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 57:56


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Celia Ouellette about how businesses can help lead the charge for meaningful reformYou can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    96 Allison Frankel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 65:28


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Allison Frankel about her report on parole and probation You can find full show notes on our website  https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    95 Jeffrey Korzenik

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 63:00


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Jeffrey Korzenik about fair hiring for people with criminal recordsYou can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    94 Chiraag Bains

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 56:00


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Chiraag Bains about voting rights and criminal justice reform Full show notes are available on our website  https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    93 Jamira Burley

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 48:30


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Jamira Burley about the school-to-prison pipelineFull show notes can be found on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/ 

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    92 Mika Weinstein and Leslie Soble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 62:57


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Mika Weinstein and Leslie Soble about food in prisonYou can find full episode notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    91 Bruce Western and Emily Wang

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 57:07


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Bruce Western and Emily Wang about COVID 19 in prisons and jails Full show notes are available from our website https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    90 Amanda Alexander

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 56:50


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Amanda Alexander, Executive Director of the Detroit Justice CenterYou can find full show notes on our website http://decarcerationnation.com/

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    89 Chelsea Barabas

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 58:31


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Chelsea Barabas of MIT about criminal justice monitoring, surveillance, and algorithmsYou can find full show notes on our website http://decarcerationnation.com/

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    88 Jessica S, Henry

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 51:03


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Jessica S. Henry about her book "Smoke but No Fire: Convicting the Innocent of Crimes that Never Happened"Full show notes are available on our website http://decarcerationnation.com/

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    87 Somil Trivedi 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 66:30


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Somil Trivedi of the ACLU about the recently concluded Supreme Court term You can find full show notes on our website http://decarcerationnation.com/

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    86 Tracey Meares and Arthur Rizer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 70:39


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Tracey Meares and Arthur Rizer about their paper "The Radical Notion of the Presumption of Innocence"You can find full show notes from our webpage https://decarcerationnation.com/

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    85 Tawana Petty and Alex Vitale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 49:06


    Joshua B. Hoe interviews Tawana Petty and Alex Vitale about policing and Operation Relentless Pursuit You can find full show notes on our website http://decarcerationnation.com/

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