Podcast appearances and mentions of alysia santo

This month, on Laura Flanders & Friends, we're taking a closer look at criminal justice—through the lens of abolition, accountability, and the power of the creative arts to tell fuller, truer stories.  At a time when fear too often drives policy, we're lifting up voices that challenge the narratives shaping our systems— This week we feature filmmakers using their craft to bring judges a more complete, human picture of those facing prison for nonviolent offenses. Subscribe to Laura on Substack:  https://lauraflanders.substack.com/ Description:  An individual facing prison time may also be a dedicated parent, a valued employee, an asset to their community. Though it may sound obvious that a person is much more than a crime, the U.S. justice system does not typically function as if this were the case. Millions of people are in jail for non-violent offenses, many of which amount to little more than possession of drugs, parole violations, and misdemeanors. And racial bias, gender inequity, and economic disadvantage all play a role in the uneven sentencing of defendants. But what if judges could see a whole person before they sentence them? Would we turn away from endless incarceration—from punishment generally—towards empathy, rehabilitation, and reintegration? An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film to give judges exactly that: a complete picture, an in-depth, humanizing look at the lives of individuals facing prison for non-violent crimes. Complete Picture has helped reduce or prevent prison time for every single defendant it's worked with and the organization's founders say this is just the beginning: films like theirs could become a regular part of the sentencing process across the country. Today, it's art that's changing lives and healing a broken system, one person at a time. Joining me are Complete Picture founder and CEO Rebecca Grace and art director John Gray, partners in life and work, and two of the defendants that they've worked with—Gary Roberts and Chondra [CHAWN-DRA i.e. Cha Cha]. Later, I also speak with defense attorney Shari Rusk, who brought Rebecca and John their very first sentencing mitigation video project.   Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes: • Mariame Kaba:  Rooting Out Our Culture of Harm - Watch / Listen • New Justice: A World Beyond Prisons - Watch / Listen • Baldwin's Lessons for Us All - Watch / Listen • The Pregnancy to Prison Pipeline:  Media Matters - Watch / Listen • GRITtv:  Got Docs, Prison Terminal - Watch Watch the special report on YouTube; PBS World Channel Sundays 11:30am ET, and on over 300 public stations across the country (check your listings, or search here via zipcode). Listen: Episode airing on community radio  (check here to see if your station is airing the show) & available as a podcast. RESOURCES: Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes: • Mariame Kaba:  Rooting Out Our Culture of Harm - Watch / Listen • New Justice: A World Beyond Prisons - Watch / Listen • Baldwin's Lessons for Us All - Watch / Listen • The Pregnancy to Prison Pipeline:  Media Matters - Watch / Listen • GRITtv:  Got Docs, Prison Terminal - Watch   Related Articles and Resources: • Who We Help, Complete Picture • Prison Policy Initiative • An ‘Absolute Emergency' at Rikers Island as Violence Increases by Jonah E. Bromwich and Jan Ransom, NYTimes • Shooting First and Asking Questions Later by Alysia Santo and R.G. Dunlop, The Marshall Project • Breaking Down Biden's Order to Eliminate DOJ Private Prison Contracts by Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Brennan Center   Featured ‘Music in the Middle' of the Podcast: “Fight The Power” by Brownout, from their album “Fear of a Brown Planet”, a musical manifesto inspired by Public Enemy's music and revolutionary spirit.  Read More / Listen Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer; Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer; Jeremiah Cothren-Senior Producer; Veronica Delgado-Video Editor, Janet Hernandez-Communications Director; Jeannie Hopper-Audio Director, Podcast & Radio Producer, Audio Editor, Sound Design, Narrator; Sarah Miller-Development Director, Nat Needham-Editor, Graphic Design emeritus; David Neuman-Senior Video Editor, and Rory O'Conner-Senior Consulting Producer. FOLLOW Laura Flanders and FriendsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraflandersandfriends/Blueky: https://bsky.app/profile/lfandfriends.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraFlandersAndFriends/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lauraflandersandfriendsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lgLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lauraflandersandfriendsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriendsACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel

A two-year Marshall Project investigation examined 12 years of New York State Department of Corrections disciplinary records. The investigation found that a staggering three out of four prison guards who were once fired for prisoner abuse, were later reinstated through the arbitration process. Joseph Neff, staff reporter for The Marshall Project, joins us. His piece, co-authored with Alysia Santo titled, ‘A Crazy System': How Arbitration Returns Abusive Guards to New York Prisons was co-published by the New York Times and The Marshall Project. Read the article here: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/12/14/new-york-prison-correctional-officer-abuse-arbitration —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post How NY Prison Guards Unions Defend Abusive Guards w/ Joseph Neff appeared first on KPFA.

Doctors in training at Elmhurst Hospital will go back to work tomorrow morning after negotiating an end to their strike with residency program administrators, New York City officials are warning of impending service cuts due to the daily arrival of migrants unless the federal government provides additional support. And, a New York Times-Marshall Project investigation exposes a culture of abuse and cover-ups among correctional officers, analyzing over 290 cases of alleged prisoner abuse. Michael Hill talks with Alysia Santo, who co-reported the story.

Every Tuesday evening through May 4th, The Greene Space and the non-profit advocacy organization Worth Rises are holding virtual panel discussions about the business side of the prison industry, asking: who profits when people get put away? We're previewing those discussions with a weekly segment here on The Brian Lehrer Show. Today: Private transportation companies that contract with jails and prisons are often paid by the mile, which can incentivize longer routes, avoiding stops and ignoring the critical needs of passengers, which has had deadly consequences in some cases. Bianca Tylek, Worth Rises’s executive director, and Alysia Santo, reporter for The Marshall Project, talk about the business of prison transportation and take your calls. EVENT, 7pm: Sign up for Tuesday's live virtual panel discussion HERE.

Flood-affected residents of Jackson return to their homes as the Pearl River threatens communities down-stream.And, in light of Parchman Unit 29 being shut down, we look at how one organization wants to reform community supervision.Then, a personal account of life as a Mississippi Corrections Officer.Plus, Congressman Bennie Thompson shares his thoughts on the upcoming Census.Segment 1:Mickey and Anitra Holder were among the hundreds of residents of northeast Jackson to return to their homes this week after evacuating due to the Pearl River flood. Like many others, the Holders are trying to figure out what to do next. The share their experience with MPB's Kobee Vance.Segment 2:Inmates of Unit 29 at Parchment State Penitentiary are being relocated to a private facility in Tallahatchie County, marking the inevitable end of the unit's troubled history. In January, prison reform activists took to the streets of Jackson to demand the state take action to address the conditions at Parchman. REFORM Alliance, co-founded by Meek Mill, JAY-Z, Michael Rubin and more, was among those groups. Erin Haney is REFORM's Policy Director. She says that closing the Unit is a step in the right direction. But, as she tells our Michael Guidry, reform must extend beyond the facilities - to community supervision programs designed to support re-entry rather than recidivism.Segment 3:"Inmates Aren't the Only Ones in Danger in Mississippi Prisons" - that's the topic of a new story by the Joe Neff and Alysia Santo of the Marshall Project. The report indicates that due to the rampant under-staffing of Mississippi prisons, guards are often targets of physical and emotional assault. Joe Neff tells us the environment within the Mississippi's prisons has profound effect on those tasked with supervising it.Jennifer White is a former corrections officer, and the lead subject of Neff and Santo's report. She spent her entire corrections career at Parchman. She shares her experience with our Michael Guidry.Segment 4:In April, the Census Bureau will begin its required count of United States residents. The census is a constitutionally mandated account that takes place every ten years. Congressman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi's second Congressional district urges Mississippians to treat the census with due diligence. He tells MPB's Kobee Vance the count affects Mississippian's at every level of government. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At a prison in southern Mississippi, guards can't do basic population counts. They can't keep cellphones, drugs, and weapons out of the building. They are at the mercy of gang leaders to control the inmates. Is this just what happens when you try to do corrections on the cheap? Guests: Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo, staff writers for the Marshall Project. Read their story on Wilkinson County Correctional Facility. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At a prison in southern Mississippi, guards can't do basic population counts. They can't keep cellphones, drugs, and weapons out of the building. They are at the mercy of gang leaders to control the inmates. Is this just what happens when you try to do corrections on the cheap? Guests: Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo, staff writers for the Marshall Project. Read their story on Wilkinson County Correctional Facility. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At a prison in southern Mississippi, guards can’t do basic population counts. They can’t keep cellphones, drugs, and weapons out of the building. They are at the mercy of gang leaders to control the inmates. Is this just what happens when you try to do corrections on the cheap? Guests: Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo, staff writers for the Marshall Project. Read their story on Wilkinson County Correctional Facility.  Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At a prison in southern Mississippi, guards can’t do basic population counts. They can’t keep cellphones, drugs, and weapons out of the building. They are at the mercy of gang leaders to control the inmates. Is this just what happens when you try to do corrections on the cheap? Guests: Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo, staff writers for the Marshall Project. Read their story on Wilkinson County Correctional Facility.  Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

States provide money to people who have been victims of crime to reimburse them for the costs of their victimization—things like therapy, funerals, etc. But Alysia Santo, an investigative reporter for the Marshall Project, finds that only some people count as victims.

Prisons have long posed a challenge for investigative journalists. And when you’re trying to report on a private prison – one owned by a company, not the government – the situation becomes even more challenging. On this episode, we’re talking to three reporters who managed to pull back the curtain on the for-profit prison system. Shane Bauer describes his risky decision to go undercover as a prison guard on assignment for Mother Jones. Then Marshall Project reporters Eli Hager and Alysia Santo take us through their less extreme but equally powerful investigation into the dangerous and deadly world of prisoner transportation companies. EPISODE NOTES: bit.ly/2a3K8bR

This week on Feast Yr Ears , host Harry Rosenblum is in studio with Alysia Santo of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization covering America’s criminal justice system. Talking about her writing and research on the prison food system, there is little consistency in regulations for feeding inmates and much of the quality and frequency of meals is dependent on budget. Inmates are entitled to three meals a day that are nutritious, unfortunately this is not always adhered to.  After the break, Guillermo Rodriguez of the Carnegie Hill Institute discusses his time spent in prison as a cook and spares no detail in recalling his experiences, including his thoughts on prison wine or “hooch.” “Replacing meat with soy products – that has been a popular change because its cheaper.” [10:15] –Alysia Santo on Feast Yr Ears “If the inmate is not allowed to take part in the meal, he’s not receiving the proper nutritional content he’s entitled to.” [22:30] –Guillermo Rodriguez on Feast Yr Ears