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Episode Synopsis:  What is the fate of Craigsville, Virginia after a prison closed in the small, rural town?  We're envisioning the future of Craigsville and investigating how decarcerating the economy can become a win for all.This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to https://LauraFlanders.org/donate Thank you for your continued support!Description: What happens to a small town when a prison shuts down? The Augusta Correctional Center employed many residents and brought business to Craigsville, Virginia, a two square-mile, 900-person town located in the Shenandoah Valley. But when the prison closed in the summer of 2024 with minimal warning and no time for planning, Craigsville residents and the town's economy were hit hard. In this special report, Laura Flanders & Friends correspondents Chelsea Higgs Wise and Lewis Raven Wallace head to Craigsville to learn about how the town is struggling, possible solutions from locals, and the larger questions around our country's prison industrial complex. How can small, rural communities be supported in a sustainable transition away from a carceral economy? Join us as we envision the future of Craigsville and investigate how decarcerating the economy can become a win for all. Chelsea Higgs Wise is a community organizer based in Richmond, Virginia whose work focuses on empowering Black communities economically and educationally. She is co-founder and director of Marijuana Justice, a Black-led organization established to repair the harms of the drug war. Durham, North Carolina-based Lewis Raven Wallace is an independent journalist, author, and the Abolition Journalism Fellow at Interrupting Criminalization. Plus, a commentary from Laura on what could happen to the Augusta Correctional Center under the Trump administration.“At one point there were 43 institutions in the Virginia Departments of Corrections . . . That number has dramatically decreased as a result of measures put in place, such as incentive credits, the juvenile parole bill, and other pieces of legislation that helped sentencing.” - Sincere Allah“What I would say is that building these prisons has not changed communities. It hasn't helped people inside. It hasn't helped create all these amazing jobs . . . Instead of investing $1.5 billion in our prisons, parole, probation, what if that was invested in communities?” - Margaret Breslau“Augusta Correctional opened in 1985. Probably at least half of the population here was working over there at that time. And it boosted the community greatly . . , boosted the town operational costs also. Kind of devastating for them to leave.” - Richard L. Fox“There's a gorgeous gym in [the prison] that is just full of equipment that these young people could very much get something out of. There's a beautiful library in there. There's two ball fields there. There's plenty of office space. It could be turned into a lot of things.” - Tracy MartinCorrespondents:•  Lewis Raven Wallace: Journalist & Activist, Durham, North Carolina•  Chelsea Higgs Wise: Journalist & Policy Advocate, Richmond, VirginiaGuests:•  Sincere Allah: State Organizer, REFORM Alliance•  Margaret Breslau: Co-Founder, Virginia Prison Justice Network•  Pam L. Carter: Augusta County Board of Supervisors, Craigsville, Virginia•  Richard L. Fox: Mayor, Craigville, Virginia•  Tracy Martin: Fire Chief, Volunteer Fire Department, Craigsville Virginia•  Sandy Oscar Sprouse: Owner, Grandma's Busy Bee•  Fred Sprouse:  Superintendent of Maintenance, Craigsville, Virginia•  David Swink: Cattle & Hay Farmer, Craigsville, Virginia•  Catherine Moyers-Youell: Retired Teacher, Craigsville, Virginia•  Bill Youell: Retired Chemical Engineer, Craigsville, Virginia•  Claudette Wilcher: Pastor Bells Valley Worship Center, Craigsville, Virginia Watch the episode cut airing on PBS stations across the country at our YouTube channelSubscribe to episode notes via PatreonMusic In the Middle:  "Steppin" , "Mont Blanc" "Hearts a Flutter" & "Tender & Curious" by Podington Bear.Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes:•  Big Pharma vs The People: The Fight To Save America's Largest Generic Drug Manufacturer, Watch / Podcast Episode•  The Defund Movement in 2024: Frontline Reporters Separate Myth from Reality, Watch / Podcast Episode•  Ask Angola Prison: What Difference Can a Play Make?, Watch / Podcast: Episode, Full Conversation•  Mariame Kaba: Rooting Out Our Culture of Harm, Watch / Podcast Related Articles and Resources:• Criminal Legal Reform:  Rehabilitation Over Incarceration, ACLU Virginia• Prison closes but hometown is open for business, by Sandy Hausman, June 13, 2024, Radio IQ, WVTF, Virginia's Public Radio•. Where people in prison come from:  The geography of mass incarceration in Virginia, by Emily Widra & Kenneth Gilliam, July 2022, Prison Policy Initiative• Mass Incarceration Trends, May 21, 2024, Sentencing Project•. Virginia Senate Passes REFORM Bill SB 936 in unanimous vote 40-0, February 4, 2025, Reform Alliance• Marijuana Justice Organization  Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders, along with Sabrina Artel, Jeremiah Cothren, Veronica Delgado, Janet Hernandez, Jeannie Hopper, Sarah Miller, Nat Needham, David Neuman, and Rory O'Conner. 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On the radio show this week we dive into the confusion, harm, and chaos caused by Donald Trump's ridiculous Executive Orders and nominees, from a funding freeze that shut down Medicaid portals in all 50 states to the nomination of an unqualified, unfit, and utterly confused cabinet nominee in RFK Jr. We also learn about how the funding freeze has a situational impact on the already unstable child care sector, and how our advocacy helped reverse course – for now.  After that, we cover parenting through this chaos and how to advocate for your child and yourself. Finally, we discuss the impact of Trump's executive orders and funding threats on the criminal justice system and racial justice programs, and where we can push back.    *Special guests include: Joi Chaney, Protect Our Care, @ProtectOurCare, @protectourcare.org, Nina Perez, MomsRising/MamásConPoder, @MomsRising, @momsrising.bsky.social, @MamásConPoder, @mamasconpoder.bsky.social; Antoiniqua Daniels, MomsRising; Liz Komar, The Sentencing Project, @sentencingproj  

A new report from GALEO details engagement and trends among Georgia’s Latino voters in 2024. Kyle Gomez-Leineweber, director of public policy and advocacy for GALEO, discusses key findings from the report and explains how the Latino electorate could potentially impact future elections. Plus, a new report from The Sentencing Project finds one in six people incarcerated in the U.S. are serving life sentences, a record high even as crime rates reach record lows. Celeste Barry, a program associate at The Sentencing Project and an author of the report, shares key findings and policy recommendations to address "excessive punishment." She also discusses how Georgia's statistics compare to the nation and other states. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Disrupted team is welcoming the new year by choosing a couple of the episodes we loved from 2024. We have so many favorites that we couldn't reair all of them, but these are some of the ones that we wanted to listen back to. This week, producer Kevin Chang Barnum chose our interview with James Forman Jr. The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world. And Black people bear the burdens of mass incarceration the most. In 2019, Connecticut was one of seven states where Black people were incarcerated at over nine times the rate of white people. That’s according to an analysis done by The Sentencing Project. These problems aren't new, but they also aren't going away. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Yale law professor James Forman Jr. hopes the new book he co-edited, Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change, will inspire readers to work towards change. It talks about finding solutions at every level of what he calls "the criminal system," from policing to prisons to courts. GUEST: James Forman Jr.: J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale University. His book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018. He recently co-edited Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change. You can learn more about the prison system in the U.S. by listening to Disrupted's interview with Reginald Dwayne Betts. Special thanks to intern Frankie Devevo. This episode originally aired on October 25, 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on CounterSpin: Writing for a DC court of appeals, Douglas Ginsburg said yes, banning the wildly popular platform TikTok does raise concerns about First Amendment freedoms; but it's still good, because in pushing for the ban, the U.S. government “acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation.” If that's clear as mud to you, join the club. We'll get an update on the proposed ban on TikTok — in the service of free speech — from Yanni Chen, policy counsel at the group Free Press. We're all familiar with the “if it bleeds, it leads” credo of, especially but not only, local TV news. But just because we're aware of it, doesn't mean the phenomenon isn't still impacting our lives in negative ways. Richard Mendel is senior research fellow for youth justice at the Sentencing Project. He joins us to talk about new research showing how news media coverage actively harms young people of color, as well as our understanding and policy-making around youth and crime.   The post Yanni Chen on TikTok Ban, Richard Mendel on Youth and Crime appeared first on KPFA.

The voter-approved ballot initiatives legalizing medical marijuana will stand following a legal challenge alleging they received false signatures. This will have a lasting effect on Nebraskans with criminal convictions, as well as quantity of police interactions according to Nicole D. Porter with The Sentencing Project.

The voter-approved ballot initiatives legalizing medical marijuana will stand following a legal challenge alleging they received false signatures. This will have a lasting effect on Nebraskans with criminal convictions, as well as quantity of police interactions according to Nicole D. Porter with The Sentencing Project.

The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world. And Black people bear the burdens of mass incarceration the most. In 2019, Connecticut was one of seven states where Black people were incarcerated at over nine times the rate of white people. That's according to an analysis done by The Sentencing Project. These problems aren't new, but they also aren't going away. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Yale law professor James Forman Jr. hopes the new book he co-edited, Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change, will inspire readers to work towards change. It talks about finding solutions at every level of what he calls "the criminal system," from policing to prisons to courts. GUEST: James Forman Jr.: J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale University. His book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018. He recently co-edited Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new report finds that four million Americans won't be able to vote this year due to their felony convictions. We speak with Nicole Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy at The Sentencing Project. The post Four Million Americans are Locked Out Of Voting appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Four million people won't be allowed to vote in the upcoming election because of laws in 48 states that restrict your right to vote if you've ever been convicted of a felony. Most of the folks affected have already served their sentences. And you can probably guess which race is disproportionately affected by these laws. Nicole Porter is a Senior Advocacy Director for The Sentencing Project. She joins us this episode to share their research on felony disenfranchisement and its origins in anti-Black racism.

10.10.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Roland On The Road Talking 2024 Elections,Hurricane Milton,Post-Election Fears, Felons Voting Rights LIVE from Pennsylavaina's Lincoln University!!! Hurricane Milton left miles of debris and killed at least 12 people, creating a record of 100 tornado warnings in a single day.  We'll talk to Meteorologist Paul Goodloe about Milton and tropical storm Nadine. A recent poll by The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights finds that voters fear post-election violence.  We'll talk to Maya Wiley, the organization's President and CEO, about the other things voters fear about this election.  Four million people will not be able to vote in 48 states where laws ban people with felony convictions from voting.  We'll talk to the executive director of The Sentencing Project about the systematic exclusion of millions with felony convictions. Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox  http://www.blackstarnetwork.com The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MIRS kicks things off with Katie Jesaitis of Martin Waymire, who formerly did constituent services for U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, and Brad Wurfel of BJW Strategies, a previous Snyder-era state agency spokesperson. Together, they discuss the potential election desires of industrial Michigan and the politics of energy (2:11).  Alexandra Bailey of The Sentencing Project and past inmate Greg Wines talk about the staffing shortage in Michigan's prison system. They're pushing for reform to lower the incarcerated population, specifically by allowing some inmates to petition for sentence reductions (21:43).  Additionally, MIRS sits down with Republican campaign consultant Randall Thompson. All five of his candidates secured nominations during August's Republican state convention (42:19). 

Today, Hunter is joined once again by Alexandra Bailey, senior campaign strategist with the Sentencing Project, to discuss how her and a coalition of amazing activists were able to get a Domestic Violence Survivor Justice Act passed in Oklahoma.   Guests: Alexandra Bailey, Senior Campaign Strategist, The Sentencing Project   Resources: OK Survivor Justice Coalition https://oksurvivorjusticecoalition.org/legislation Sentencing Project https://www.sentencingproject.org/ Email Alexandra abailey@sentencingproject.org Coverage of the Bill https://boltsmag.org/oklahoma-survivors-act/ https://www.sentencingproject.org/press-releases/oklahoma-survivor-justice-coalition-applauds-governor-for-signing-the-oklahoma-survivors-act/ https://www.sentencingproject.org/newsletter/oklahoma-survivors-act-overcomes-veto/ https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/just-the-start-domestic-violence-survivors-react-to-new-law https://ktul.com/news/local/one-on-one-ok-gov-stitt-champions-the-newly-passed-domestic-violence-bill-survivor-victime-abuse-governor-oklahoma-justice-act       Contact Hunter Parnell:                                 Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patron www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home  

* US Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors; Ahmad Javed Yousaf, MD, an internist and pediatrician practicing in Benton, Arkansas; Producer: Scott Harris. * Trump's Racism is the Primary Driver of his Voter Support; James Risen, a best-selling author and former New York Times reporter; Producer: Scott Harris. * Youth Incarceration in the U.S. Declines, but Racial Disparities Persist; Joshua Rovner, Director of Youth Justice with The Sentencing Project; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

The Trump trial in New York is racing toward the finish line, with Michael Cohen potentially the last witness. Meanwhile in DC, Steve Bannon reaches the findout on his contempt of congress charge.   Links: US v. Navarro [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63359365/united-states-v-navarro/  2 U.S.C. § 192 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/192 18 U.S.C. § 3624 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3624 18 U.S.C. § 3632 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3632 18 U.S.C. § 3633 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3633 Sentencing Project on the First Step Act https://www.sentencingproject.org/policy-brief/the-first-step-act-ending-mass-incarceration-in-federal-prisons/ Gov. Abbott pardons Daniel Perry immediately after Texas parole board recommendation https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/16/daniel-perry-pardon-recommended-garrett-foster/73719220007/ Jim Jordan Letter NYAG James https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/JDJ%20to%20AG%20Letitia%20James%20re%20Colangelo.pdf  Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of Federal Government Hearing https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-weaponization-federal-government-8    Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

In today's episode we're taking wellness to the mat, the pilates mat that is. Join me and Lisa Coffee-Smith, Owner and Director of Instructor Training at Total Pilates Studio located in Tulsa Oklahoma. According to the Sentencing Project, as of 2021 Oklahoma had the 3rd largest female incarceration rate in the country. However, at the time that Lisa connected with Resonance, a local nonprofit working with women and families tied up in the penal system, Oklahoma had the highest rate of female incarceration. In an effort to meet the needs of women impacted by the system in a way that felt authentic to her, Lisa reached out to Resonance and offered her services teaching women coming home the art of pilates. Lisa spent four years prior to the pandemic working with women of all different skill level, creating a safe space for them to heal and feel encouraged to stay committed to something that would make them stronger (physically and mentally). In today's episode Lisa recounts her time instructing women over those four years and how that's shaped her practice even today. If you would like to stay connected with Lisa you can visit her studio's website at Total Pilates Studio or visit and follow them on Instagram. For anyone interested in supporting Resonance, you can donate to the nonprofit by clicking the link here. Luke 5:31 Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠

Did you know that Black Youth are Almost Five Times As Likely To Be Incarcerated As their White Peers? The following are some data points from the Sentencing Project, captured by Josh Rovner and Ashley Nellis For a decade, incarceration disparities between Black and white youth have remained stubbornly high. As of 2021, Black youth were 4.7 times as likely to be placed, meaning detained or committed to juvenile facilities as their white peers. Forty-two percent of youths in placement are Black, even though Black Americans comprise only 15% of all youth across the United States. Since, Black and brown youth are more likely to be in custody than white youth, going to prison is a major life-altering event that creates obstacles to rebuilding lives in the community, such as gaining employment and finding stable and safe housing after release. Imprisonment also reduces lifetime earnings and negatively affects life outcomes among children of incarcerated parents. These are individual-level consequences of imprisonment but there are societal-level consequences as well: high levels of imprisonment in communities cause high crime rates and neighborhood deterioration, thus fueling greater disparities. This cycle both individually and societally is felt disproportionately by people who are Black and Brown. So what do these statistics and social work brokering have to do with one another? You will soon find out by listening to this episode. For more information, please visit their website: www.legendlegacies.org    

Numerous studies over the years point out the overrepresentation of Native American women in U.S. prisons. The Sentencing Project found a 525% increase over more than 20 years in the incarceration of women and girls. Juvenile Native American girls had the highest rate, at more than four times that of their white counterparts. We'll talk about the factors driving a growing trend and what advocates are doing to turn the numbers around. GUESTS Dr. Carma Corcoran (Cree), director of the Indian Law Program at the Lewis and Clark Law School and adjunct professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies program at Portland State University Dr. Laurie Walker, assistant teaching professor at the Department of Native American Studies at Montana State University   Dean Williams, independent consultant

Joining Hunter today is Keith Wattley, the Founder and Executive Director of Uncommon Law. Keith and his team at Uncommon Law support people navigating California's discretionary parole process through trauma-informed legal representation, mental health counselling, legislative and policy advocacy, and in-prison programming led by those who have been through the process themselves. For decades, people have been aware of the pervasive bias that infects the parole system of California, but little has changed to address it. That's where Keith and Uncommon Law come in. Guests: Keith Wattley, Founder and Executive Director, Uncommon Law Resources: Uncommon Law Website https://www.uncommonlaw.org/ Follow Uncommon Law on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/uncommonlawyer/ Twitter https://twitter.com/UnCommLaw Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnCommonLaw/ 1.     The Compassion Prison Project has some great information about rates of trauma - in particular, childhood trauma - among people in prison, and the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and incarceration 2.     The Sentencing Project has several really excellent reports about our country's enduring reliance on life sentencing, how ineffective these kinds of sentences actually are in promoting public safety, and the relationship between life sentencing and mass incarceration 3.     Speaking of the Sentencing Project, Keith recently authored this op ed in The Crime Report with their Senior Director of Advocacy Nicole Porter, which explores similar ideas 4.     The Justice Policy Institute recently released this analysis of Maryland's parole process, highlighting several of the same issues we see in California.  5.     Similarly, there has been fairly regular coverage of the racial biases evident in New York's parole hearing decisions in recent years 6.     Finally, feel free to check out this video series our organization put out last year; it explores cycles of violence from the perspectives of people who have both survived and caused harm, and gives a good sense of our work and messaging   Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patron www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN  

A little less than a year ago, Hunter spoke with Alexandra Bailey of the Sentencing Project to explore why states like Oklahoma so readily punish the survivors of domestic violence. Today, Hunter returns to Oklahoma to speak with Colleen McCarty and Leslie Briggs from Oklahoma Appleseed to discuss their work in trying to push back against the expansion of the carceral state in Oklahoma. In particular, this conversation centers in large part about the Wrongful Conviction of April Wilkens. With their podcast “Panic Button” Colleen, Leslie and all of Appleseed hope to expose the injustice in April's case, but also hope people realize that April is one of many women who face the power of the carceral state who are survivors of domestic violence.     Guests: Colleen McCarty, Founding Executive Director, Oklahoma Appleseed Leslie Briggs, Legal Director, Oklahoma Appleseed   Resources: Visit OK Appleseed https://okappleseed.org/ Follow OK Appleseed on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OKAppleseedCenter/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ok_appleseed Twitter https://twitter.com/OK_Appleseed   Listen to the Panic Button Podcast https://panicbuttontheaprilwilkenscase.podbean.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/panic-button/id1630829857 Oklahoma Bill to Help Domestic Violence Survivors https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/03/oklahoma-lawmakers-are-watering-down-a-bill-thats-supposed-to-help-domestic-violence-survivors/ https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2023-07-03/it-was-unfair-the-push-for-retroactive-criminal-justice-for-domestic-violence-victims-who-killed-their-abusers Oklahoma School Superintendent no China in Schools https://www.thedailybeast.com/oklahoma-schools-boss-ryan-walters-goes-around-the-bend-with-new-conspiracy-theory     Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patron www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN  

WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series WELCOME to Season 3 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series. For our 5th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight our community voices, bring awareness to 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in 2023, and uplift our allies working to reform the criminal legal system and create a just, equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected S3 | EP 7: THE SENTENCING PROJECT ~ 50 YEARS & A WAKEUP (BONUS EPISODE) In the wake of 50 Years of Mass Incarceration, this BONUS EPISODE spotlights WE GOT US NOW ally and partner, The Sentencing Project with an in-depth discussion featuring Acting Executive Director, Kara Gotsch and Senior Director of Advocacy, Nicole Porter. about the state of mass incarceration in the United States.   Launched in 2023, the year-long public education campaign,  #50YearsAndAWakeUp: Ending The Mass Incarceration Crisis In America includes a coalition of advocates, experts, and partners, such as, WE GOT US NOW, all working towards raising awareness about the dire state of the U.S. criminal legal system, the devastating impact of incarceration on communities and families, and proposes more effective crime prevention strategies for our country.  The title for this campaign was born out of a colloquial phrase that incarcerated people sometimes use to describe the life of their sentence, plus one day (e.g. “I have 20 years and a wake up”). It also serves as a double-entendre, calling for our country to “wake up” to the harsh and dangerous realities of mass incarceration in America. To learn more, go to, https://www.sentencingproject.org/advocacy/50-years-and-a-wake-up-ending-the-mass-incarceration-crisis-in-america/ This informative, educational BONUS episode is not to be missed! FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.WEGOTUSNOW.org| Instagram: @WE_GOTUSNOW | Twitter: @WE_GOTUSNOW LISTEN to the FULL SEASON of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast on SPOTIFY, APPLE Podcasts and all podcasts platforms. #WEGOTUSNOW  #50YearsandAWakeUp #TheSentencing Project #10MillionInspired #WellBeing #SocialConnection #Community #50Years #endlifeimprisonment #massincarceration #endmassincarceration ChildrenwithIncarceratedParents  #keepfamiliesconnected #WeGotUsNowPodcast

On this month's episode of “The Table: Conversations on Youth Justice,” Husain talks to Josh Rovner from the Sentencing Project about diverting youth from the juvenile justice system. They talk about the merits of diversion practices, and Husain discusses MCYJ's efforts to promote diversion across the state. For more information: Diversion: A Hidden Key to Combating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Opinion | Michigan needs a statewide approach to reform juvenile justice (Bridge) Michigan's Task Force On Juvenile Justice Reform Approves Comprehensive Blueprint For Transforming Juvenile Justice StatewideReach out to Husain: hhaidri@miyouthjustice.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2023 marks 50 years since the beginning of mass incarceration in 1973, when the U.S. prison population started increasing every single year for nearly four decades, according to Professor Nazgol Ghandnoosh. Ghandnoosh, who works for The Sentencing Project, shared some sobering numbers: today, over five million people are under supervision by the criminal legal system, and nearly two million people, disproportionately Black, are living in prisons. During this conversation, she delved into the different costs of incarceration – both on the incarcerated and on our society – and highlighted efforts needed to bring down our prison population.  For more on this topic: Check out Ghandnoosh's brief for the Sentencing Project, Ending 50 Years of Mass Incarceration: Urgent Reform Needed to Protect Future Generations Read her report on racial disparities in the prison system: Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequity in the Criminal Justice System

ResourcesSenator Whitney WesterfieldThe Sentencing ProjectWhy Youth Incarceration Fails: An Updated Review of the Evidence, The Sentencing Project

In March, the Sentencing Project announced the creation of the Second Look Network. Across the country, we have seen the rise of resentencing and other laws designed to allow people who have served decades in prison, but who no longer represent a threat to public safety, to have their sentences reconsidered and at times, resentenced and gain release. “The Second Look Network is a coalition of attorneys and post-sentence advocates across the country working on behalf of incarcerated individuals seeking relief from lengthy or unfair sentences, beyond the context of wrongful conviction or innocence claims.” Data shows that mass incarceration has often sentenced people to lengthy sentences even as they age out of crime and even as the costs of already inadequate health care in prisons soar. It is a project of the Sentencing Project. Listen as Everyday Injustice speaks with Becky Feldman who is heading up the Network as she discusses the focus and goals of the project.

In February, Tyre Nichols' friends and family filled a Sacramento skate shop to remember their fellow skateboarder, friend, and brother. 29-year-old Nichols died on January 10th, 2023, three days after being brutally beaten by the Memphis police at a traffic stop. In the aftermath of Nichols' death, VICE News' Alexis Johnson heads to Memphis, Tennessee to understand how a city focused on police reform failed to prevent such a violent encounter and how some citizens are re-imagining public safety.Special thanks to Dave Meyers, Scott Mulligan, David Mora, Jego Armstrong and the Sentencing Project. This story was produced by Steph Brown and edited by Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This next episode of our Best of ITT series takes us back to 2016, and our conversation with  Mike German, fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty & National Security Program. Maria and Julio talk to Mike about what he learned about the white supremacist movement  during his time as an undercover FBI agent, and how the media is missing the real story. ITT Staff Picks: Nazgol Ghandnoosh writes about white supremacy's hold on legal institutions and how it disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous communities, in this article for The Sentencing Project. “Concerns intensified after law enforcement failed to stop multiple incidents of white supremacist violence committed at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a leaked FBI report revealed it had created a new domestic terrorism category called “Black Identity Extremists” that labeled Black activists protesting racist police violence as threats” writes Michael German in this article for Brennan Center. More than 300 members of the far-right group, The Oath Keepers, are also members of the Department of Homeland Security, according to this article by Nick Schwellenbach that was published in POGO.

Normally in criminal law, intent matters. The intent of a person is one of the most critical features in determining how we will punish someone for a crime they committed. Then came the felony murder law. As a result of this law, people committing a felony that resulted in the death of another, no matter how remote that death may have been, were treated the same as someone who acted with the intent to kill someone. How this happened, the impacts of this harsh law, and what we can do about it are all topics in today's episode with Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Co-Director of Research at the Sentencing Project.     Guest: Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Co-Director of Research, The Sentencing Project     Resources: Nazgol's Publications http://www.nazgolghandnoosh.com/research.html Sentencing Project Report on Felony Murder https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/felony-murder-an-on-ramp-for-extreme-sentencing/     NAPD Conference Sign Up https://napd2023riseresistrepresent.sched.com/ Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com    

The growth of the US prison population under a system of mass incarceration has now gone on for 50 years, according to The Sentencing Project. While awareness and political discourse about US prison expansion has grown in the last decade, we are still far from dismantling this violent and inhumane system of captivity. Nicole Porter from The Sentencing Project joins Rattling the Bars to explain her organization's new campaign to fight mass incarceration, '50 years and a wake up.'

The growth of the US prison population under a system of mass incarceration has now gone on for 50 years, according to The Sentencing Project. While awareness and political discourse about US prison expansion has grown in the last decade, we are still far from dismantling this violent and inhumane system of captivity. Nicole Porter from The Sentencing Project joins Rattling the Bars to explain her organization's new campaign to fight mass incarceration, '50 years and a wake up.'

The year 2023, marks the 50th year since the US prison population began its unprecedented surge. The Sentencing Project, is marking this year with a series of reports on Mass Incarceration Trends. Joining Everyday Injustice this week, is Sentencing Project, co-director of research, Ashley Nellis. In a recently published account, Nellis noted, “In 1972, the imprisonment rate was 93 per 100,000 people. The prison expansion that commenced in 1973 reached its peak in 2009, achieving a seven-fold increase over the intervening years. Between 1985 and 1995 alone, the total prison population grew an average of eight percent annually.” This growth is not evenly distributed: “Racial and ethnic disparities are a substantial feature of the American prison system.” Nellis writes: “Systemic causes range from a history of racial and ethnic subordination to ongoing police tactics that unfairly ensnare people of color into the system, and also include charging and sentencing practices that create stiffer punishments for people of color. Black men are six times as likely to be incarcerated as white men and Latinx men are 2.5 times as likely. Nationally, one in 81 Black adults in the United States is serving time in state prison.” Listen as Ashley Nellis of the Sentencing Project discusses some of the critical data behind mass incarceration.

When does a victim become a suspect? Very often, our legal system cares about someone's status as a victim when it allows the system to incarcerate someone. As soon as you stand in that goal, any harm done to you matters not.    On today's episode, Hunter spoke with Alexandra Bailey, Campaign Strategist to End Life Imprisonment at the Sentencing Project, to discuss the ways our legal system punishes Domestic Violence Survivors. Specifically, they dive deep into the "Failure to Protect laws" that showcase the latent sexism prevalent in our legal system and the twisted ways in which prosecutors ignore self defense claims when it aids their goal of securing higher conviction rates.    While some states offer hope at a future where these cases are not happening around the country, places like Oklahoma remind us there is a long uphill battle that people like Alexandra are at the forefront of to end our brutally harsh punishment bureaucracy.   Guest: Alexandra Bailey, Campaign Strategist to End Life Imprisonment, Sentencing Project   Resources:  Sentencing Project DVSJA Bill News Oklahoma Failure to Protect Women's Prisons Are Filled With Domestic Violence Survivors. A New Type of Law Could Help Them Get Out. She never hurt her kids. So why is she in prison?   Contact Hunter Parnell:   hwparnell@publicdefenseless.com   Instagram   Twitter   www.publicdefenseless.com

On Minisode Four: The one where we talk about universal voting rights, Graham is joined by Nicole Porter, the Senior Director of Advocacy from The Sentencing Project. Graham and Nicole discuss the movement working towards ending disenfranchised voting in the United States. To access the episode transcript, visit InitiateJustice.org/Podcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abolitionisforeverybody/support

Valena Beety is a law professor, an innocence litigator, and a former federal prosecutor. She has exonerated wrongly convicted clients, founded the West Virginia Innocence Project, and obtained presidential grants of clemency for drug offenses. She served as an appointed commissioner on the West Virginia Governor's Indigent Defense Commission. She is currently a professor of law at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O' Connor College of Law and the deputy director of the Academy for Justice, a criminal justice center at the law school.VTasha Mercedes Shelby is a writer and an advocate for incarcerated women. Tasha was wrongly convicted of a crime that did not occur on June 16, 2000 in Biloxi, Mississippi. In her twenty-two years of incarceration, she has earned her GED, taken classes at Millsaps College through the Prison to College Pipeline, and developed as a writer and as an artist. She continues to fight her wrongful conviction and you can learn more about her struggle at Free Tasha Shelby. Alex Waters Alex is the technical producer, audio editor and engineer for the Short Fuse Podcast. He is a music producer and a student at Berklee College of Music. He has written and produced music and edited for podcasts including The Faith and Chai Podcast and Con Confianza. He writes, produces and records music for independent artists, including The Living.  He lives in Brooklyn can can be reached at  alexwatersmusic12@gmail.com with inquiries. 

More than 55,000 people in the U.S. are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole, according to research from The Sentencing Project. Behind bars, they are largely unseen and unheard.The Visiting Room Project is an effort to change that. It's a collection of first-person testimonials of people who are serving life sentences.We hear inmates tell their stories and talk with Calvin Duncan, co-creator the project, which invites the public to sit face-to-face with people who have no chance of parole.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

On September 19th, host Bev Livingston will open our show with an interview with Nicole D. Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy with the Sentencing Project. Named a “New Civil Rights […] The post THE SENTENCING PROJECT HAS NEW DATA; THE CONCERNED CLERGY COALITION OF KANSAS CITY SPEAKS ABOUT THEIR ACTIVITIES appeared first on KKFI.

More than 55,000 people across the U.S. are incarcerated with the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. This population been rising sharply in the past few decades, with an increase of 66% since 2003, according to research by The Sentencing Project. For those who are sentenced to live and die behind prison walls, there is a sense that they have been forgotten. But a new project is documenting some of their stories: The Visiting Room Project features interviews with more than 100 men who are serving with life without parole at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola.   The Takeaway spoke with Project co-creator, Dr. Marcus Kondkar of Loyola University New Orleans, and with Mr. Arthur Carter, who was recently released from Angola after his life without parole sentence was reduced. "I think that once you get a chance to see this is the person that the taxpayers are still holding in prison, I think the question should resonate: why they still are? Why are they still serving life sentences with no possibility of going home?" said Mr. Carter.

More than 55,000 people across the U.S. are incarcerated with the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. This population been rising sharply in the past few decades, with an increase of 66% since 2003, according to research by The Sentencing Project. For those who are sentenced to live and die behind prison walls, there is a sense that they have been forgotten. But a new project is documenting some of their stories: The Visiting Room Project features interviews with more than 100 men who are serving with life without parole at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola.   The Takeaway spoke with Project co-creator, Dr. Marcus Kondkar of Loyola University New Orleans, and with Mr. Arthur Carter, who was recently released from Angola after his life without parole sentence was reduced. "I think that once you get a chance to see this is the person that the taxpayers are still holding in prison, I think the question should resonate: why they still are? Why are they still serving life sentences with no possibility of going home?" said Mr. Carter.

The economic fortunes of rural communities across the United States are often deeply intertwined with the prison industrial complex. This poses a real challenge to the project of ending mass incarceration. How can organizers build political opposition to prisons in areas where prisons are the lifeblood of a community? And what should be done with former prisons once they are closed? The question of repurposing prisons in particular is too often neglected by state governments. A new report from the Sentencing Project finds that while 21 states have closed prisons since 2000, many of these sites have simply become other types of correctional facilities in the absence of clear transition plans. Nicole Porter from the Sentencing Project joins Rattling the Bars to discuss this new report.Nicole Porter is the Senior Director of Advocacy at the Sentencing Project.Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbGet Rattling the Bars updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

As the saying goes, in America everyone is entitled to a second chance — especially con artists. Herewith the 6 rules for getting a second (or third or fourth) chance to sell a giant con:1. Market a mundane idea as “disruptive.” Adam Neumann, the founder of WeWork, hyped his office-sharing startup as the first “physical social network.” In reality it was nothing more than what you'd find in any coffee shop with customers at their laptops, but Neumann made it sound so revolutionary — “disruptive,” to use the high falutin con word — that JPMorgan, SoftBank, and other investors sank hundreds of millions into his company. At its height it was valued at some $47 billion.2. Pocket the money. Neumann used some of his investors' money to buy buildings that he then leased back to WeWork. He also borrowed against his own stake in the company. And he was going to charge WeWork almost $6 million to use his trademark of the word “We” after the company rebranded itself the “We Company.” He lived like a mogul, with his own jet and penthouse apartments. WeWork never made a nickel of profit. The prospectus for its initial public offering was widely ridiculed as incoherent. After Neumann was forced to disclose his personal conflicts of interest, the IPO fell apart and the company's estimated value plummeted from $47 billion to about $4 billion (after being rescued by SoftBank).3. Make sure your investors have their own investors, so they'll want to salvage whatever they can and won't sue you. Neumann wasn't convicted of criminal fraud. His early investors didn't want to sue him because they wanted to salvage whatever of their investment they could, and didn't want to admit to their own investors that they'd been conned. In fact, they paid Neumann over $1 billion to exit the board and give up his voting rights. Neumann collected another $185 million in consulting fees from WeWork. Meanwhile, other WeWork employees were left holding near-worthless stock options and thousands were laid off.4. Do the same thing again. Neumann has just launched a new company called Flow, which he says will “transform” the residential rental real estate market with reliable services and “community” features (he used the term “community” a lot with WeWork, too). What about Neumann's previous con? It's been forgotten. “Flow” has already attracted $350 million of financing from the venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz — the largest check it's ever written in a round of funding a company. Andreesen values Flow at more than $1 billion before Neumann has even opened its doors. Last week, Marc Andreesen explained in a blog post on his firm's website that the rental real estate market is “ripe for disruption,” especially now that so many people are working from home and “will experience much less, if any, of the in-office social bonding and friendships that local workers enjoy.” If this sounds a lot like the language Neumann employed to hype WeWork, that's no accident. It worked once, so why not again? As Andreesen wrote, “we love seeing repeat-founders build on past successes by growing from lessons learned,” and that for Neumann “the successes and lessons are plenty.”5. Never admit fault or defeat. Adam Neumann's con is small change compared to Donald Trump's — who has also managed to fail upward but far more spectacularly. The master con artist has defrauded customers, renters, students, hoteliers, contractors, and, finally, American voters. He never admits defeat. Trump has leveraged every fraud into an even bigger fraud. As he infamously claimed, he could shoot someone in the center of Fifth Avenue and get away with it. Trump “disrupted” American democracy with his Big Lie and attempted coup. Now, it seems, he's about to seek a second chance at the presidency.6. Don't be poor or Black or brown. Not everyone in America gets a second chance. This is especially true of people who are poor or of color, particularly those convicted of crimes without jury trials through plea-bargains with prosecutors (who threaten worse penalties if they won't plead guilty). An estimated 5.2 million Americans couldn't vote in the last presidential election because of felony “convictions,” including one in every 13 Black adults, according to the Sentencing Project. Last Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis touted the arrests of 20 people on charges of “voter fraud,” who had voted in 2020 but had been convicted of crimes for which Florida made them ineligible to vote. (Many said they would not have voted had they known they were ineligible.)Many millions more can't get jobs because employers don't want to consider people who have broken the law. (Unlike Marc Andreesen, most employers don't “love seeing people grow from lessons learned.”) Although some states and localities now prohibit employers and landlords from considering conviction or arrest records in their initial screening of applicants, it's still the case that one big mistake on the part of someone who's poor or of color can end their careers and perhaps their freedom.But if you're not poor or a person of color, you can get away with the giant cons Adam Neumann and Donald Trump have gotten away with. Just follow the steps enumerated above. Hell, you might even become President. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Fix Prison Telecom, published by Benj Azose on August 13, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary People in prisons and jails pay extremely high rates to stay in contact with their family in many parts of the country. 32 states had an average cost for a 15 minute phone call from a county jail of more than $5, and only 2 states had a cost less than $2. Families spend $1.4 billion a year on calls. Around 10 million people in the US are affected by poor prison and jail communication systems: ~2 million incarcerated, ~6 million spouses and parents, ~3 million children. The effect on families is large. One in three families with an incarcerated parent go into debt to pay for prison communication. Solutions are surprisingly reasonably priced, when areas have uptake. Ameelio (a non-profit working in this area) estimates deployment costs at ~$500k per state. Considering a current estimate of the prison telecom industry making $1.4b a year in profit, a comparatively very small amount of money here could have huge effects on millions of Americans. Importance People in prisons and jails pay extremely high rates to stay in contact with their family in many parts of the country. 32 states had an average cost for a 15 minute phone call from a county jail of more than $5, and only 2 states had a cost less than $2, according to the latest data from Prison Policy Initiative. In addition, federal prisoners are paid sub-minimum-wage rates: $0.12 - $0.40 for jobs paid by the prison system, $0.23 - $1.15 for jobs for companies outside of the prison system. This can mean that people in prison pay their entire day's wages for a 15 minute phone call! In aggregate, families pay $1.4 billion a year, according to Business Insider. There are three main constituencies that are affected by the high cost of prison communications: incarcerated people, their adult support network, and their children. Note that I will not attempt DALY estimates here, because it's not clear of a principled way to estimate them. There are good estimates on the population sizes (which I have included) and I also speak to some of the effects on those populations. Incarcerated People 1.9 million people are currently in prison or jail in the US in 2022, according to the Prison Policy Initiative. Numerous studies suggest that closer contact with family and outside support networks reduces rates of recidivism or violating parole. Communication with family members also makes the experience more tolerable. Parents and Spouses 6.5 million adults have an immediate family member currently in jail or prison, according to the Equal Justice Initiative. They are also the ones who most directly bear the high cost of communication. “The high cost of maintaining contact with incarcerated family members led more than one in three families (34%) into debt to pay for phone calls and visits alone,” according to the Ella Baker Center. Children 2.7 million children currently have an incarcerated parent, according to the Urban Institute. Phone calls, and other virtual communication methods, are essential for keeping in touch with an absent parent. “Over half of parents in state prisons (59%) and just under half (45%) of parents in federal prisons did not have any personal visits with their minor children while in prison in 2004,” reported The Sentencing Project based on data from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics. Neglectedness (Note: some material in this section is from the policy paper “Improving Outcomes for Incarcerated People by Reducing Unjust Communication Costs” that I previously published with the Day One Project.) This is a particularly interesting angle for this problem. Prison telecommunication is publicly bid on, and the cost of equivalent services outside of correctional facilities is free or nearly free. Why is this mar...

The United States has one of the biggest populations of incarcerated individuals in the world. According to the Sentencing Project, the number of people sent to prisons and jails had already increased by over 500% over the last 4 decades.And yet, a growing body of literature shows that as many as 20% of those incarcerated are wrongfully convicted. Worse, the country has a high recidivism rate. At least 65% are rearrested, while 50% go back to prisons and jails.What causes this? One of the foremost answers is the focus of the justice system on punishment instead of rehabilitation.This topic, however, is way beyond my scope. To better understand this point, I've invited one of the esteemed judges in New Jersey, Judge Victoria Pratt. She's the author of the Power of Dignity, a compelling book that champions her advocacy, which is criminal justice reformation.In this episode, we'll talk about the disparities that exist within the US justice system and how they disproportionately impact people of color, how broken our country's system is, and what we can do to change it.Topics Covered: Identify what people of color should learn to defend themselves properly and avoid becoming part of the convoluted justice system of the United StatesKnow the power of shutting up and listening in promoting dignity for the disadvantaged population and the defendantsLearn how community solutions programs can play a huge role in preventing thousands of individuals from being placed into the justice systemFind out how improving the lives of the disadvantaged makes other people's lives betterKnow the danger of the ego, which often leads to biases, and how to minimize itGuest Bio:Judge Victoria Pratt has gained national and international acclaim for her commitment to reforming the criminal justice system. During her tenure as the Chief Judge in Newark Municipal Court in Newark, New Jersey, she spent years gaining a deep understanding of how to deliver justice to court participants in a manner that increased their trust in the legal system and changed their behavior. While presiding over Newark Community Solutions, the Community Court, she used procedural justice and innovative problem solving to provide alternative sentences to low-level offenders including community service, counseling sessions, and her signature assignment of introspective essays. Her respectful approach has had a transformational impact on court participants, the community, and court practitioners. Her TED Talk, How Judges Can Show Respect, has been translated into 11 languages, has over one million views, and has a Facebook clip with over 30 million views. A globally recognized expert, she has worked with jurisdictions across the nation, and as far as Dubai, Ukraine, England, Scotland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Mexico facilitating workshops and presentations. She has also been featured in the Guardian, Forbes and The Tamron Hall Show, to name a few. She continues to champion criminal justice reform through her consulting firm Pratt Lucien Consultants, LLC, by sharing her skills and approach with others. She has worked with corporations such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Prudential, as well as other institutions and organizations about how to heighten and restore respect to their day-to-day operations so that their mission can be better achieved. She is currently a professor of Professional Practice and the Director of Strategic Planning and Program Development at Rutgers School of Criminal Justice in Newark, NJ. Previously she served as a Visiting Professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark where she taught Problem Solving Justice and Restorative Justice. She currently Chairs the Boards of the Center for Court Innovation and New Jersey's Edna Mahan Women's Correcti

The number of people in prisons and jails has increased 500% over the last 40 years, resulting in prison overcrowding, fiscal burdens on states, and an enormous strain on the imprisoned individuals, their families, and communities. Nicole Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy at The Sentencing Project, sits down with Adam to discuss the work they do as advocates for effective and humane responses to crime that minimize imprisonment and criminalization of youth and adults by promoting racial, ethnic, economic, and gender justice.

On this weeks Legal Brief, Justine and Amanda talk about Second Chance Month, how you can get involved, and about a bunch of celebrities you didn't know have criminal records!For more Second Chance information:https://www.prisonfellowship.org/Virtual Second Chance® Month Gala on April 28 at 7 p.m. ETRegister online.They will be celebrating the power of second chances! Businesses, communities, churches, and families will gather to hear transformation stories and conversations highlighting the need for second chances.https://www.nacdl.org/The National Association of Defense LawyersLegislating Freedom: The Importance of a Second Look: On Thursday, April 14th, 2022, at 1:00pm ET (10:00am PT), NACDL and The Sentencing Project are hosting Legislating Freedom: The Importance of a Second Look. This panel discussion will delve into the country's continued overreliance on incarceration and extreme sentences and will highlight the importance of second look legislation that gives individuals serving long sentences an opportunity to apply for release or sentence modifications. https://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/Local map for second chance events.Famous celebrities who are on their “Second Chance”:  https://www.criminaljustice.com/10-famous-ex-cons-who-turned-it-around/

How many kids are detained or placed behind bars each year? The numbers are staggering, but they also may not be accurate. A new report from the Sentencing Project shows that there are probably more incarcerated youth than what's officially counted. Why? What conversations should we be having about policy? And how is Utah doing when it comes to this issue? Josh Rovner from The Sentencing Project talks with Boyd about what he found. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to The Sentencing Project, “Private prisons in the United States incarcerated 115,428 people in 2019, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population.” However, while private prisons still make up a minority of carceral institutions in the US, the infiltration of privatization has spread throughout the prison-industrial complex. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, Mansa Musa speaks with Paul Wright about the dehumanizing practice of prisons digitizing mail, which allows for increased surveillance, and for profit-seeking companies to charge inmates and their families exorbitant fees to read mail on electric portals.Paul Wright is the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center. He is also editor of Prison Legal News (PLN), the longest-running independent prisoner rights publication in US history. Wright has co-authored three PLN anthologies: The Celling of America: An Inside Look at the U.S. Prison Industry; Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor; and Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Imprisonment.Read the transcript of this interview: Pre-Production/Studio/Post-Production: Cameron GranadinoHelp us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbGet Rattling the Bars updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

In honor of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday earlier this month, Nimo and Jas traced the dream back to the 1960s at the height of the civil rights movement. Following the March on Washington and his famous "I Have A Dream" speech, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, authorizing the federal government to enforce desegregation and prohibit discrimination. We explored Dr. King's tremendous legacy and how that has impacted black people in the United States then and now. Press play to hear:   Reactions to Dr. King's "The Other America" speech on housing discrimination A comparison of social and economic measures within the black population from the 1960s to the present day, such as homeownership rates, incarceration rates, life expectancy, poverty level, education attainment, black-owned businesses, and more Thank you for listening and tune in every other Tuesday where Nimo and Jas keep it Four Degrees to the Streets. Follow us onhttps://twitter.com/the4degreespod ( Twitter) andhttps://www.instagram.com/the4degreespod/ ( Instagram) @the4degreespod. https://forms.gle/HzrG2omikn78Xj4J6 (Subscribe) or send us an email to connect with us! RESOURCES: https://www.inman.com/2022/01/17/read-mlks-the-other-america-housing-speech-as-it-turns-55/amp/ (Read MLK's 'The Other America' Housing Speech As It Turns 55 Years Old - Inman)  https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/08/final_full_report_racial_disparities.pdf (King's Dream Remains an Elusive Goal; Many Americans See Racial Disparities) https://www.census.gov/prod/1/statbrief/sb93_2.pdf (US Census Bureau: Black Americans: A Profile) https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R44705.pdf (The US Income Distribution: Trends and Issues)  https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1962/demographics/p60-37.pdf (Income of Families and Persons in the United States: 1960) https://www.huduser.gov/periodicals/ushmc/summer94/summer94.html (Homeownership-Past, Present, and Future)  https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2019/07/16/black_homeownership_data_talk_slides.pdf (Black Homeownership Gap: Research Trends And Why The Growing Gap Matters)   https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/unemployment-rate-2-point-7-percent-for-people-ages-45-to-54-8-point-3-percent-for-ages-16-to-24-in-october-2018.htm (Unemployment rate 2.7 percent for people ages 45 to 54, 8.3 percent for 16 to 24 in October 2018)  https://www.epi.org/publication/unfinished-march-overview/#:~:text=Over%20the%20last%20half%20century,the%20white%20rate%2C%20for%20blacks (The Unfinished March: An Overview | Economic Policy Institute) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823283/ (Examining the Impact of Structural Racism on Food Insecurity: Implications for Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities) https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/102076/err-298.pdf?v=4430.5 (Household Food Security in the United States in 2020) https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su6001a15.htm (Obesity - United States, 1988--2008) https://www.mbda.gov/about/history (The History of the MBDA | Minority Business Development Agency) https://www.fundera.com/resources/black-owned-business-statistics (20 Black-Owned Business Statistics for 2021) https://www.sentencingproject.org (The Sentencing Project)