Podcast appearances and mentions of ronald simpson bey

What if you get a call from work to get home right now…you arrive, and your mom is in the back of the police car because she has murdered your dad – 5 years to that day you are walking through the gates of prison for a crime you didn't commit to serve a 50-year sentence. Well, meet my guest Ronald Simpson Bey on this week's podcast Nightmare Success In and Out. Ronald went through a dark 5 years after entering prison being involved in all the ugliness of prison mischief, until he read a book that changed his life. He began reading and studying up on the law and helping other people with their cases. He speaks of the pain of finding out his son, who he was planning to see on a visit, had been murdered that day on Father's Day. He forgave the 14-year-old boy who killed his son and advocated for him not to be charged as an adult. Ronald never gives up on the injustice of his case and finally gets a federal court to overturn his conviction after 24 years. He describes how it takes him another 3 years to be freed from prison because of our system. Ronald and his story are an inspiration of optimism…kicking unfairness in the face and succeeding regardless. Ronald is now the National Executive Vice President of Just Leadership USA that is doing important work for the incarcerated and those who have been released. Funny quote from Ronald getting released after 27 years in prison…“I felt like Fred Flintstone returning home to the Jetsons!” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Stephen Henderson talks with Reuben Miller, author of “Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration,” and Ronald Simpson-Bey, a former prison inmate and executive vice president of JustLeadershipUSA.

On this episode, Mark interview his old friend Ronald Simpson-Bey, executive vice president of Just Leadership USA

This episode of Victory Over Sin features Ronald Simpson-Bey, the director of outreach and alumni engagement.Read More →

Ronald Simpson-Bey sits down with Dirk van Velzen of the Prison Scholar Fund to discuss his journey during 27 years of wrongful conviction and overturning cases as a jailhouse lawyer to the University of Michigan and the first cohort in JustLeadership USA's Leading with Conviction (LwC) program. LwC is a year-long, cohort-based advanced leadership training for formerly incarcerated, mid-senior level leaders with a specific and proven track record in advocacy and community organizing. Feel free to connect with Dirk van Velzen, dirk@prisonscholars.org https://youtu.be/HW7clGEJdSo

Today Mark interviews Ronald Simpson-Bey, the Director of outreach and alumni engagement of Just Leadership USA.Read More →

S4E11: From Wrongful Conviction to Righteous Justice: From Rage to Grace Ronald Simpson-Bey was a jailhouse lawyer who got his conviction reversed for prosecutorial misconduct and subsequently won his freedom after serving 27 years in Michigan prison. In 1986, Ronald was convicted of assault with intent to murder and possession of a firearm and sentenced to 50 years in prison. While in prison he became familiar with the legal system and began assisting other inmates with their appeals as a jailhouse lawyer. Eventually, his work led to his own release twenty-seven years later. Since being freed, Ronald Simpson-Bey has worked tirelessly to advance prison reform efforts, most recently through JustLeadershipUSA, an organization with the ambitious goal to halve the nation’s correctional population by 2030. In this episode, he is joined by Glenn Martin, former President and Founder of JustLeadershipUSA. wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava For Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1 and PRX.

CJSF’s Allison R. Brown talks to Ronald Simpson-Bey of JustLeadership USA about his work to end mass incarceration, his own powerful story, and the connections between criminal justice and education justice.