Podcasts about smart justice

How does bail work — and who's really paying? Zachary Crockett follows the money. SOURCES:Joshua Page, professor of sociology and law at the University of Minnesota.Steven Zalewski, criminal defense attorney and co-owner of Affordable Bails New York. RESOURCES:"Does Bail Reform Increase Crime in New York State: Evidence from Interrupted Time-Series Analyses and Synthetic Control Methods," by Sishi Wu and David McDowall (Justice Quarterly, 2023)."Profit Over People: The Commercial Bail Industry Fueling America's Cash Bail Systems," by Allie Preston and Rachael Eisenberg (Center for American Progress, 2022)."All Profit, No Risk: How the Bail Industry Exploits the Legal System," by Wendy Sawyer (Prison Policy Initiative, 2022)."A Debt of Care: Commercial Bail and the Gendered Logic of Criminal Justice Predation," by Joshua Page, Victoria Piehowski, and Joe Soss (RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2019)."The Economics of Bail and Pretrial Detention," by Patrick Liu, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh (The Hamilton Project, 2018)."Selling Off Our Freedom: How Insurance Corporations Have Taken Over Our Bail System," by Color Of Change and ACLU's Campaign for Smart Justice (2017)."Inside the Wild, Shadowy, and Highly Lucrative Bail Industry," by Shane Bauer (Mother Jones, 2014). EXTRAS:"To Catch a Fugitive," by Freakonomics Radio (2011).

Lenore AndersonThis week's guest is Lenore Anderson. Lenore is Co-founder and President of Alliance for Safety and Justice, one of the largest reform advocacy organizations in the US, that combines smart policy reform with grassroots organizing to replace reliance on incarceration with more effective public safety solutions. With deep domain experience in law, policy, and justice reform, Lenore has recently published In Their Names - a book that not only provides historical insight into and an indictment of how the victims' rights movement warped the American justice system but created a cycle of trauma. However, Lenore also provides a roadmap to breaking this cycle of trauma and a future vision for justice, healing, and creating safer communities and society. Thanks to David Risley for the connectionWhat We Discuss 00:00 Intro02:05 Who is Lenore as a human?05:00 What made Lenore who she is?07:20 Her teenage years of troublemaking and second chances.13:00 Her rejection of societal conventions.15:00 Her purpose and commitment to creating a more just world.17:25 Dealing with fragility, doubt, and loss.21:10 Her gifts and superpowers.22:40 What she is complimented for. 23:40 Lenore describes how the Alliance for Safety and Justice operates.27:40 The historical context of the tough-on-crime movement.31:00 The negative externalities of mass incarceration.32:00 The impact on victims.35:24 The three reasons why tough justice hurt victims.38:10 The political myth of victimization and cycle of violence.38:40 Why the toxic culture of prisons reinforces trauma?40:00 The Hierarchy of Harm and examples in New Orleans.45:20 The bias against victims and the long-term damage. 48:23 The negative impact war on drugs and surveillance policing. 51:20 Reimagining community-based public safety.54:40 The importance of policy and partnering with communities. 56:30 What victims really want.59:00 Alternative systems. 1:01:30 A new approach to public safety. 1:07:00 Coalitions and partnerships to drive change. 1:13:00 The commonality between Lenore's and David Risley's work Social Links LinkedinTwitterWikipediaLinks in the showIn Their Names Alliance for Safety and Justice Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice Time DoneThe Guardian Article about LenoreNational Coalition for Shared Safety Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dalia Racine is the Douglas County District Attorney and today's featured guest. Dalia brings almost 15 years of prosecutorial experience to serve our community with specializations in homicides, crimes against women and children, and human trafficking.  Dalia has championed the responsibility of elected prosecutors to keep their communities safe by implementing innovative practices and policies that reduce the number of repeat offenders who cause harm. Dalia has integrated Smart Justice while holding dangerous offenders accountable in our prison system. Additionally, Dalia has made it a priority for the District Attorney's office to be an integral part of our community and to keep servant leadership at the forefront of everything she does. Today, you'll hear more about her story, lessons learned around leadership, and some strategies for mitigating criminal behavior while elevating humanity. Dalia is a great example of how to be a good steward of a position of power and influence over the lives of others in our community. Resources Related To This Episode https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCountyDA  https://www.instagram.com/douglascountyda https://www.tiktok.com/@douglascountyda https://twitter.com/douglascountyda https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-dalia-racine-1ab4a210/ https://www.douglasda.org/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Done By Law we feature audio from the wonderful seminar ‘Women's Lived Experience in Decarceration and Carceral Resistance', held on Monday 24 October 2022 at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne.This evening of discussion, reflections and solutions was hosted by Fitzroy Legal Service and featured the insightful contributions of a number of expert panellists, including practitioners, and women with lived experience of incarceration and the criminal justice system. Panel 1 – Systemic changes required to address women's over-incarcerationElena Campbell (Moderator) – Centre for Innovative JusticeKaren Fletcher – Flat OutLisa Abbott – TaskForceElena Pappas – LACWMegan Pearce – VLAPanel 2 – Women's Lived ExperienceNina Storey (Moderator) – Homes Not Prisons, Women Transforming JusticeJacqui Bampton – Women Transforming JusticeSara Stilianos – Homes Not Prisons, Women Transforming JusticeJasmine Barzani – Homes Not PrisonsWe have unfortunately only been able to feature 30 minutes of this jam packed two and a half hour evening. To watch the whole event, head to YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB_TlMR3tTo&ab_channel=FitzroyLegalService  ***Full biographies Panel 1: Elena Pappas LACWElena is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women, and community legal centre established specifically to combat women's increasing criminalisation and imprisonment. She also sits on the Board as an Executive Director.  Elena is a passionate advocate and leader who is dedicated to working collaboratively with organisation and individuals to address the causes of women's criminalisation.  She currently leads LACW's policy and systemic advocacy work, and is Co-Convenor of Smart Justice for Women, a sub-committee of the broader Smart Justice coalition convened by the Federation of Community Legal Centres.  Elena previously worked at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service where she held the position of Senior Lawyer in the Criminal Law team. She advised and appeared on behalf of clients in complex criminal matters and shared responsibility for the mentoring and management of junior and support staff. Prior to this, Elena was an Associate in the Workplace Relations team of a private law firm in Melbourne. She holds a Master of Public and International Law from the University of Melbourne. She has worked as a volunteer with the Mental Health Legal Centre, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Fitzroy Legal Service.Lisa AbbottTaskforceLisa Abbott is the Executive Manager Social Impact and Growth at TaskForce Community Agency, a not-for profit operating in Victoria delivering a suite of services to our most marginalised. Lisa has worked with those in contact with the justice system for 20 years in Government and community and over the last five years has been leading the development and delivery of the Living Free Project, a project supporting vulnerable girls and women who are at risk of, or are in early contact with, the justice system. The project drives cross sectoral collaboration and seeks to improve service system responses to enhance how our health and community sectors support women who often fall through service gaps.Karen FletcherFlat OutKaren Fletcher is the Executive Officer of Flat Out Inc, a community organisation that supports and advocates for women and trans and gender diverse people to get out and stay out of prison. She is a lawyer by trade has worked as a prison advocacy lawyer at Fitzroy Legal Service and Prisoners Legal Service QLD and as a public health lawyer, with a special interest in drug decriminalisation, in government and non-government agencies. She is an activist in the Homes not Prisons campaign in Victoria.Megan PearceVLAMegan has spent much of her career working alongside criminalised people, particularly women and children. Having started her career as a criminal defence lawyer at Legal Aid Queensland, Megan has also led major law reform inquiries into Victoria's criminal trial process and child protection system.Between 2018 and 2022, Megan worked at Darebin Community Legal Centre (which merged with Fitzroy Legal Service in 2019), first managing the Women Transforming Justice project and then Fitzroy Legal Service's Social Action and Public Interest Law team. In both these roles Megan contributed to program design and advocacy work aimed at disrupting the cycle of women's criminalisation. In July 2022 Megan commenced a role at Victoria Legal Aid focusing on discrimination and equality law.In 2013-14, Megan also completed a master of laws at the University of Toronto, where her thesis critiqued the effectiveness of human rights frameworks to respond to violence against womenElena CampbellCIJAssociate Director of Research, Advocacy & Policy, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University. Elena is a lawyer, writer and former political staffer who has worked in legal and social policy for over two decades. Elena's expertise includes therapeutic justice, court interventions, the impacts of crime victimisation and the prevention and elimination of violence against women and children.  At the CIJ, Elena oversees a program of research which predominantly focuses on family violence, court interventions, crime victimisation and the way in which experiences of trauma - including structural and systemic trauma - can push vulnerable cohorts, particularly women, into contact with the criminal justice system. Elena has led projects for Government departments and courts to support the implementation of recommendations from Victoria's Royal Commission into Family Violence. Elena has also been Principal Chief Investigator in multiple, ANROWS-funded projects looking at the use of violence by young people and adults.  Previously Elena worked as a legal adviser and staffer in the Victorian Government for over a decade. Elena has also been employed as a consultant for a range of social policy and justice organisations, including the Australian Human Rights Commission.  Panel 2: Nina StoreyHNP and WTJNina is an unapologetic criminalized survivor. Having experienced state sanctioned violence she now spends her time advocating for the rights of criminalized survivors. Nina would love to see the abolishment of the prison industrial complex in her lifetime.  Her systemic advocacy commenced in 2018 as a member of the Women's Transforming Justice Project. Nina now sits on the council of Victim Survivors Advisory Council, is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel at Safe and Equal, a WEAVER for research group at Melbourne University and sits on the steering committee of the Homes Not Prisons Campaign. Nina stands in solidarity with the traditional owners of these lands and acknowledges they have the solutions to living in a world of unity, we must make space and elevate their voices for their stories to be told and shared.      Nina lives works and plays in Millowl, Phillip island on the lands of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nations, with her son and Kelpie.   Jacqui BamptonWTJ Jacqui is a formally incarcerated woman who has worked with Fitzroy Legal Service as part of the Women's Leadership Group. She lives with anxiety and mental health concerns, and has previously struggled with substance dependency and homelessness. Jacqui is deeply passionate about working alongside other criminalised people, with a particular interest in supporting women to navigate child protection. Jacqui is a warm advocate, loyal friend and proud single mum.   Sara-Michelle StilianosSara is an active member of several community groups and organisations aimed at ending incarceration – including as a Homes Not Prisons steering committee member and – previously – as part of Fitzroy Legal Service's Women Transforming Justice project. Sara has lived experienced of criminalisation and incarceration. She's driven toward social change and is a fierce advocate for abolishing the carceral system and it's supporting structures, which only serve to perpetuate further harm and violence by exerting power and control over people's lives. Alongside studying a Bachelor Degree in Social Science, Sara stands in solidarity with all oppressed women and continues to fight for the rights of women and children. 

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Anne Irwin and Natasha Minsker of Smart Justice California join Everyday Injustice this week to talk about criminal justice reform efforts. Smart Justice California works to educate and embolden policymakers who support meaningful criminal justice reforms that promote safety, fairness and healthy communities. Among the legislation they are supporting this year includes, the follow up to the Racial Justice Act which would allow people with past criminal convictions to challenge racial discrimination in charging or sentencing. They are also supporting, Kevin McCarty's AB 759 which would shift DA and Sheriff elections to presidential election years. They are supporting Senator Dave Cortese's SB 300, which reforms felony murder special circumstances law to ensure that the death penalty and LWOP cannot be imposed on those who did not kill or intend that a person die. And they are supporting SB 731, which sunsets criminal convictions and expands record sealing to all sentences following completion of terms of incarceration, post-release supervision, and an additional period of time.

GAWL West Georgia Chapter continues its "Lessons Learned from Women Who Lead" series with a podcast interview featuring District Attorney Dalia Racine. Dalia is a servant- leader who is renown not only for her legal acumen but also for her “Smart Justice” approach to prosecution. In this candid conversation with host Ebony Phillips, District Attorney Racine shares her personal leadership style, one key thing that leaders need to know prior to assuming a leadership role, and why good leaders should be “humble enough to pivot.” The Douglas County District Attorney also has advice for those aspiring to assume a leadership role in the near future or even later in their careers. This 30-minute episode has a whole webinar's worth of leadership nuggets, so tune in! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shesgotgawl/message

Dalia Racine is the Douglas County District Attorney and today's featured guest. Dalia brings almost 15 years of prosecutorial experience to serve our community with specializations in homicides, crimes against women and children, and human trafficking. Dalia has championed the responsibility of elected prosecutors to keep their communities safe by implementing innovative practices and policies that reduce the number of repeat offenders who cause harm. Dalia has integrated Smart Justice while holding dangerous offenders accountable in our prison system. Additionally, Dalia has made it a priority for the District Attorney's office to be an integral part of our community and to keep servant leadership at the forefront of everything she does. What You'll Learn The responsibilities felt by Dalia's District Attorney's office to steward public health What are ACEs and the impact they have on criminal cases, particularly in the areas of human trafficking and gender-based violence What Dalia would recommend everyone in her prosecutorial field start and stop doing out of duty and responsibility while accounting for ACEs Resources Dalia leans into in order to stay on top of public health trends and concerns she's seeing with Gen Z If you were sitting next to a leading expert in public health today, the questions Dalia would ask them Status quos in the criminal justice system as it relates to public health that Dalia rejects and why What book Dalia would write to inspire Gen Z as it relates to generational health and justice Resources Related To This Episode https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCountyDA https://www.instagram.com/douglascountyda https://www.tiktok.com/@douglascountyda https://twitter.com/douglascountyda https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-dalia-racine-1ab4a210/ https://www.douglasda.org/ Credits Theme Music by lesfm from PixabayProduced by ChatWithLeadersMedia.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dalia Racine is the Douglas County District Attorney and today's featured guest. Dalia brings almost 15 years of prosecutorial experience to serve our community with specializations in homicides, crimes against women and children, and human trafficking.  Dalia has championed the responsibility of elected prosecutors to keep their communities safe by implementing innovative practices and policies that reduce the number of repeat offenders who cause harm. Dalia has integrated Smart Justice while holding dangerous offenders accountable in our prison system. Additionally, Dalia has made it a priority for the District Attorney's office to be an integral part of our community and to keep servant leadership at the forefront of everything she does. Today, you'll hear more about her story, lessons learned around leadership, and some strategies for mitigating criminal behavior while elevating humanity. Dalia is a great example of how to be a good steward of a position of power and influence over the lives of others in our community.  Resources Related To This Episode https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCountyDA  https://www.instagram.com/douglascountyda https://www.tiktok.com/@douglascountyda https://twitter.com/douglascountyda https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-dalia-racine-1ab4a210/ https://www.douglasda.org/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Career Q&A with Michael K. Williams. Moderated by Jim Halterman, TV Guide Magazine. Michael Kenneth Williams is one of this generation's most respected and acclaimed actors. By bringing complicated and charismatic characters to life - often with surprising tenderness - Williams has established himself as a gifted and versatile performer with a unique ability to mesmerize audiences. Williams is best known for his remarkable work on The Wire, which ran for five seasons on HBO. The wit and humor that Williams brought to Omar - the whistle-happy, profanity-averse, drug dealer-robbing stickup man - earned him high praise and made Omar one of television's most memorable characters. Williams co-starred in HBO's critically acclaimed series Boardwalk Empire. In the Martin Scorsese- and Terence Winter-produced show, Williams played Chalky White, a 1920s bootlegger and impeccably suited veritable mayor of Atlantic City's African-American community. In 2012, Boardwalk Empire won a Screen Actors Guild Award® for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Giving back to the community plays an important role in Williams's off-camera life. He is working to launch Making Kids Win, a charitable organization whose primary objective is to build community centers in urban neighborhoods that are in need of safe spaces for children to learn and play. Michael currently serves as the ACLU's ambassador of Smart Justice. Williams also executive produces and serves as the investigative journalist for Black Market, a documentary program that exposes and comments on illegal markets throughout the world with a focus on the people involved and connecting with them on a human level. Black Market is a flagship show for Vice's newly launched network VICELAND.

Just two months ago, Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, was the backdrop of yet another incident of police brutality when 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop. The incident happened just ten miles from the courthouse where Derek Chauvin was on trial for the death of George Floyd. Outraged community members gathered in front of the Brooklyn Center Police Department for consecutive days demanding change. And this time, their calls were answered. One month after Daunte Wright was killed, the city council passed a resolution that created an alternative to police response for both mental health calls and some traffic stops. The resolution is called The Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler Community Safety and Violence Prevention Resolution, named after the two people killed by local police in the last two years. One of the driving forces behind the resolution was Brooklyn Center Mayor, Mike Elliott. Mayor Elliott came to the US at the age of 11, fleeing from civil war in Liberia. Before running for mayor, he had started a mentoring program, working with Brooklyn Center schools to serve low-income students. He joins us along with Taylor Pendergrass, the Deputy Director of Campaigns for the ACLU's Smart Justice program, to talk about what other communities can learn from the example of Brooklyn Center.

This Amplified Voices conversation with Amber & Jason follows the journey of Anderson Curtis, Senior Field Organizer for Smart Justice with the ACLU of Connecticut. Anderson shares his story, full of examples of both failure and success, as well as emphasizing the people and strategies that helped him during recovery and reentry after incarceration. He encourages those with lived experience to share and advocate, understanding that truth and power are found in forgiving themselves, setting goals, and growing in community with others.  Anderson also shares thoughts on the work he currently supports at the ACLU and recent coalition efforts towards Clean Slate legislation and criminal justice system transparency in Connecticut. Anderson lives with hope and dignity, advocating for people to access employment and housing despite the barriers of discrimination and disparities.If you would like to learn more about the ACLU and their Smart Justice Campaign in CT visit http://www.acluct.org Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amplifiedvoices)

The Ugs go true-crime to talk about their thoughts on the Kristin Smart cold case. Plus, the celeb chefs they love to hate and a Jamie/Stephanie version our old spin-off podcast, The Little Carnival, where we drop brand new takes on Sister Wives and polygamy. Thanks for listening and supporting the Uglee Truth!

Welcome to the Delaware Justice Team, a collaboration between Highlands Bunker, the Delaware ACLU, and the Delaware Call to talk about the work that is being doing around various civil liberties issues.Today, Haneef Salaam and John Reynolds join Rob and Tye in the virtual bunker to talk about police accountability, clean slate initiatives, and what the results of the Chauvin trial mean for Delaware.Show Notes:Delaware Police Accountability NowClean Slate DelawareWe Still Can't Breathe March Against Police BrutalitySupport the Delaware ACLUSupport the Delaware Call

Mike is joined by Jamie Hawk from the ACLU of Washington to discuss the WA Campaign for Smart Justice which focuses on bail reform. // Washington Senate approves a ban on open carry of firearms at the capitol and protests statewide. // Random question robot! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Denise Maes ACLU Colorado Public Policy Director In Colorado, drug possession accounts for 1 of 7 persons  sentenced to prison. It ranks Colorado 4th in the nation incarcerating latinx persons and 9th incarcerating African Americans. ‘Smart Justice” is the initiative by the American Civil Liberties Union to reduce the number of persons incarcerated for  drug offenses. Their study indicates cutting the incarceration rate on drug charges by 50% could lead to a savings to the state of $675 million by 2025. https://www.aclu.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Denise Maes ACLU Colorado Public Policy Director In Colorado, drug possession accounts for 1 of 7 persons  sentenced to prison. It ranks Colorado 4th in the nation incarcerating latinx persons and 9th incarcerating African Americans. ‘Smart Justice” is the initiative by the American Civil Liberties Union to reduce the number of persons incarcerated for  drug offenses. Their study indicates cutting the incarceration rate on drug charges by 50% could lead to a savings to the state of $675 million by 2025. https://www.aclu.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Kenneth Williams is one of this generation's most respected and acclaimed actors. By bringing complicated and charismatic characters to life—often with surprising tenderness—Williams has established himself as a gifted and versatile performer with a unique ability to mesmerize audiences with his stunning character portrayals.Williams is best known for his remarkable work on THE WIRE. The wit and humor that Williams brought to Omar, the whistle-happy, profanity-averse, drug dealer-robbing stickup man, earned him high praise and made Omar one of television's most memorable characters.Williams also co-starred in HBO's critically acclaimed series BOARDWALK EMPIRE in which he played Chalky White, a 1920's bootlegger; and the impeccably suited, veritable mayor of Atlantic City's African-American community. In 2012, BOARDWALK EMPIRE won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.Williams received his first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor for HBO's BESSIE and subsequently received his second Emmy nomination his work in HBO's highly acclaimed limited series THE NIGHT OF.His recent projects include Ava DuVernay's Netflix miniseries WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the heartbreaking story of the Central Park Five and which garnered Michael his third Emmy nomination as an actor. Williams recently wrapped the highly anticipated HBO series LOVECRAFT COUNTRY from producers JJ Abrams and Jordan Peele. Previous TV credits include Sundance Channel's HAP & LEONARD, the ABC limited series WHEN WE RISE from Dustin Lance Black and Gus Van Sant and the IFC comedy mini-series THE SPOILS OF DYING. Williams made his feature film debut in the urban drama BULLET after being discovered by the late Tupac Shakur. Previous feature film credits include Ghostbusters, Assassin's Creed, Bringing Out the Dead, 12 Years A Slave, The Road, Gone Baby Gone, Life During Wartime, Brooklyn's Finest, The Purge: Anarchy, Kill The Messenger, Inherent Vice, THE GAMBLER, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, and the John Leguizamo directed independent film CRITICAL THINKING, which will premiere later this year at SXSW. Giving back to the community plays an important role in Williams' off-camera life. He recently launched MAKING KIDS WIN (MKW), a charitable organization whose primary objective is to build community centers in urban neighborhoods that are in need of safe spaces for children to learn and play. Williams currently serves as the ACLUs ambassador of Smart Justice, and as an ambassador for the INNOCENCE PROJECT, while serving on the board for NY based organization URBAN ARTS PARTNERSHIP.Williams served as the investigative journalist and executive producer for Viceland's BLACK MARKET, a documentary program that exposes and comments on illegal markets throughout the world with a focus on the people involved and connecting with them on a human level. In 2018, VICE returned for its sixth season with an extended special season premiere featuring Williams as he embarked on a personal journey to expose the root of the American mass incarceration crisis: the juvenile justice system. RASIED IN THE SYSTEM offered a frank and unflinching look at those caught up the system, exploring why the country's mass incarceration problem cannot be fixed without first addressing the juvenile justice problem. Williams investigates the solutions local communities are employing that are resulting in drastic drops in both crime and incarceration. Michael's work on the spectacular documentary earned Michael is first Emmy nomination as a producer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Williams began his career as a performer by dancing professionally at age 22. After numerous appearances in music videos and as a background dancer on concert tours for Madonna and George Michael, Williams decided to seriously pursue acting. He participated in several productions of the La MaMA Experimental Theatre, the prestigious National Black Theatre Company and the Theater for a New Generation directed by Mel Williams.Michael Kenneth Williams resides in Brooklyn, New York.CREW COUNTALL donations will be used to pay young people most impacted by gun violence, over-policing and Covid19.https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/crew-countLINKS TO MIKE'S ACTIVISM #WeBuildTheBlock Social Justice DinnersCrew Count Launch EventMental Health Retreat with Young Women Summer Youth EmploymentIn conversation with law enforcement   

CW: Some discussion of child abuse is had with no details provided. The focus of this episode is on  trauma awareness and how judges and lawyers can positively improve and redirect the lives of offenders by simply being kind and compassionate with them, and by recognizing how a history of childhood trauma may be influencing their criminal behaviour. 

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Shelby Henderson is a Smart Justice Leader and fierce advocate for keeping formerly incarcerated people at the forefront of reforming the criminal legal system, because those closest to the problem are often closest to the solution. Shelby has been a TOW Policy Fellow at JustLeadership USA, a graduate student at the John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity and is currently in law school at the City University of New York. Shelby’s advocacy for criminal justice stands on the pillars of equality, love, redemption and unity. Gus Marks-Hamilton has been a field organizer with the ACLU of Connecticut’s Smart Justice campaign since 2018. Gus is passionate about promoting the political and civic engagement of people who have been impacted by the criminal legal system through advocacy, lobbying and direct action at the state capitol and across Connecticut. A lifelong state resident and graduate of the University of Connecticut, Gus is also Licensed Master Social Worker and Recovery Support Specialist. Anderson Curtis is a field organizer for the ACLU of Connecticut. In his role, Anderson is tasked with mobilizing and expanding the ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut campaign through strategic public engagement, identification, education, and recruitment of supports and volunteers to participate in ending mass incarceration in Connecticut. Anderson is a proud alumnus of Gateway Community College Drug and Alcohol Recovery Counselor (DARC) and was the DARC 2009 Student of the Year. He recently completed the Community Foundation of New Haven’s Neighborhood Leadership program. Anderson developed Life Support, which is a Pilot program funded by Community Foundation and an extension of his mentoring of men on parole, helping them navigate their reentry. After 12 years of seeking paths of healing and freedom, Anderson lives with hope and dignity, despite barriers to employment and housing from the collateral consequences of incarceration, by being a voice for the unheard and uninvited.

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/

In this episode co-hosts Melekte Melaku and Celina Coming introduce the ACLU of Ohio and the Campaign for Smart Justice, demystify the mechanics of the pretrial system, and empower communities to take action for statewide bail reform. Sponsored By: Pretrial Justice Institute For more information, visit: Web: OHBailReform.com Twitter: @ACLUOhio Facebook: @ACLUOH Instagram: @ACLUOH

On this PA House Podcast with Rep. Martin Causer (R-McKean, Potter, Cameron), we discuss: • Smart Justice – Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts • Two Bills to Benefit Dairy Farmers • PA Farm Show • Holiday Greetings

On this PA House Podcast with Rep. Martin Causer (R-McKean, Potter, Cameron), we discuss: • Smart Justice – Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts • Two Bills to Benefit Dairy Farmers • PA Farm Show • Holiday Greetings

On this PA House Podcast with Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) we discuss the Smart Justice package of bills – designed to help those who truly want to reform their lives, while keeping the most violent offenders off our streets.

On this PA House Podcast - We discuss Smart Justice with Rep. Tedd Nesbit (R-Mercer, Butler) and his bill to expunge the criminal record of those pardoned or acquitted of all charges.

On September 19, the family of Osaze Osagie, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by State College police in March, announced that they had filed a notice of claim against the borough police department, a procedural move to preserve their legal rights. Listen to their attorneys explain the filing. Read ACLU-PA's blog post from June about this case: https://medium.com/@ACLUPA/police-are-ill-equipped-to-help-people-with-mental-health-disorders-cb1330f0d227 Also, we hear in this episode about cannabis legalization and the harm caused by prohibition. Terrell Thomas of ACLU-PA's Campaign for Smart Justice and podcast host Andy Hoover attended a half-day symposium sponsored by The Caucus, a state capitol watchdog newspaper. The keynote speaker was Lt. Governor John Fetterman.

In 2019, Democrats in Delaware's General Assembly began an unprecedented effort to reform our state's criminal justice system on a large scale, introducing 19 bills aimed at reforming sentencing, reentry, and more. At the same time, Delaware's new Attorney General Kathy Jennings has been changing practices within the Department of Justice to make the system more equitable. This week on Whip Count, AG Jennings sits down with Rep. Sean Lynn, a defense attorney and the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Dubard McGriff, an activist and organizer with the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice for a wide-reaching conversation on the criminal justice system and the work they're doing to reform it.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss criminal justice reform. Scheduled guests: State Senator Danny Carroll, R-Paducah, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; State Senator Gerald Neal, D- Louisville, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Amanda Hall, Smart Justice field organizer for the ACLU of Kentucky; and Rob Sanders, Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss criminal justice reform. Scheduled guests: State Senator Danny Carroll, R-Paducah, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; State Senator Gerald Neal, D- Louisville, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Amanda Hall, Smart Justice field organizer for the ACLU of Kentucky; and Rob Sanders, Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney.

At midnight, the Connecticut General Assembly ended its regular session on time--and with a new two-year budget. This hour, we look at what lawmakers accomplished and what’s still left on the table. Mark Pazniokas, Capitol Bureau Chief for the Connecticut Mirror, will join us with more. We also talk with a member of the ACLU’s Smart Justice initiative. Anderson Curtis was incarcerated 12 years ago--now, he is celebrating several legislative victories that his group worked on to further criminal justice reform in state.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On May 21, Pennsylvanians go to the polls for the primary election, to nominate candidates for the general election. Most counties in the commonwealth will elect district attorneys this year. On this episode, Terrell Thomas of ACLU-PA's Campaign for Smart Justice and Taylor Pendergrass from national ACLU join to talk about what it means to treat district attorneys like the elected officials they are, including in Allegheny County. Learn more at KnowYourDAinPA.org.

Are we living in a renaissance for criminal justice reform? Somil Trivedi (LAW’09), Staff Attorney at the ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality, joins Proud to BU to explore his unique perspective on this prescient topic. Somil traces the origins of his passion for social justice and shares the prominent role BU played in scaffolding his platform as a public-minded lawyer. To learn more about the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice, visit aclu.org/smartjustice and if you’d like to connect with Somil directly, we encourage you to reach out to him on LinkedIn. For more on the Proud to BU podcast, visit bu.edu/alumni/podcast.A transcript of this episode is also available. Please note, transcripts may be edited for clarity and do not represent a verbatim record of dialogue.Listener Survey: We want to hear from you! Complete a 3-minute survey and claim your pair of our custom-made limited edition Proud to BU podcast socks!Support the show (http://www.bu.edu/give)

Episode: 2019.5.14The Living Full Out Show with Nancy Solari encourages you to practice patience in order to live full out. Maybe you are struggling with seeing any results after going to the gym repeatedly. Perhaps you studied very hard for an exam and the score was lower than you expected. With endurance and perseverance, you will eventually see the outcomes that you are aiming for. Our first caller, Caroline, has a best friend who is far away and is going through some health problems, and Caroline wants to know how she can show that she cares without overwhelming her. Nancy suggests distracting her friend from the health topic and having date nights over the phone like watching a show together. Listen in with Nancy, to learn how to show support for your friends and remind them to keep pushing forward.Our inspirational guest, Anthony Graves, was wrongfully convicted of many homicides and was sentenced to Texas Death Row for twelve and a half years. However, he kept his hope and was prepared to live. He was finally exonerated in 2010 and is now a full-time advocate for criminal justice reform, works with the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice, and is the author of Infinite Hope: How Wrongful Conviction, Solitary Confinement, and 12 Years on Death Row Failed to Kill My Soul. Listen in with Anthony, to hear how he made the best of his situation with his positive spirit. Our last caller, Sierra, experienced infidelity and wants to know how she can still care and give to others without getting taken advantage of again. Nancy reminds her that we are all humans and make mistakes. Tune in with Nancy, to learn how to let go of your past, listen to your heart, and set yourself free.Maybe you feel frustrated because your plans changed unexpectedly. Perhaps you’ve been wrongfully accused of something and it feels like the world is against you. Remember that things happen that are out of your control and use this time to learn and grow into someone stronger. Slow down, let life layer, and with patience, you can hone into your internal sense of purpose as you live full out.

Episode: 2019.5.14The Living Full Out Show with Nancy Solari encourages you to practice patience in order to live full out. Maybe you are struggling with seeing any results after going to the gym repeatedly. Perhaps you studied very hard for an exam and the score was lower than you expected. With endurance and perseverance, you will eventually see the outcomes that you are aiming for. Our first caller, Caroline, has a best friend who is far away and is going through some health problems, and Caroline wants to know how she can show that she cares without overwhelming her. Nancy suggests distracting her friend from the health topic and having date nights over the phone like watching a show together. Listen in with Nancy, to learn how to show support for your friends and remind them to keep pushing forward.Our inspirational guest, Anthony Graves, was wrongfully convicted of many homicides and was sentenced to Texas Death Row for twelve and a half years. However, he kept his hope and was prepared to live. He was finally exonerated in 2010 and is now a full-time advocate for criminal justice reform, works with the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice, and is the author of Infinite Hope: How Wrongful Conviction, Solitary Confinement, and 12 Years on Death Row Failed to Kill My Soul. Listen in with Anthony, to hear how he made the best of his situation with his positive spirit. Our last caller, Sierra, experienced infidelity and wants to know how she can still care and give to others without getting taken advantage of again. Nancy reminds her that we are all humans and make mistakes. Tune in with Nancy, to learn how to let go of your past, listen to your heart, and set yourself free.Maybe you feel frustrated because your plans changed unexpectedly. Perhaps you’ve been wrongfully accused of something and it feels like the world is against you. Remember that things happen that are out of your control and use this time to learn and grow into someone stronger. Slow down, let life layer, and with patience, you can hone into your internal sense of purpose as you live full out.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People chats with a Physician's Assistant who helps shed light on symptoms and treatments for spring allergy, sinus and respiratory issues. Then it's Part 2 of a new series - 'OrganiConn Bites' - with plenty more coming featuring exhibitors and speakers from the latest CT NOFA​ OrganiConn winter conference. Today we'll feature a naturopathic vet and the Regeneration Northeast Alliance. And we'll wrap replaying a segment from January with the CT Chapter of the ACLU and learn about their Smart Justice initiative, which is being deliberated now before the state legislature.

This week, At Liberty comes to you from Austin, TX, where we recorded in front of a live audience with Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, and The Nightwatchman. We sat down to discuss “Atlas Underground,” Morello’s new album of “social justice ghost stories,” as well as his decades of activism on issues like criminal justice reform, income inequality, unions, free speech, and mental health. Morello also announced his new role as an ambassador for the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice, a nationwide effort to reduce the U.S. jail and prison population by 50 percent and to combat racism in the criminal system. Learn more about the Campaign for Smart Justice at www.aclu.org/smartjustice.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens with an encore play of a recent segment celebrating more than $2.7 million in grants recently awarded to the EPA and the Long Island Sound Futures Fund - and exploring how those grants are helping preserve and protect Long Island Sound here along Connecticut's shoreline and beyond. And then we'll visit with the Girl Scouts of Connecticut to learn why February is the perfect time to think about engaging a young woman you know in this global sisterhood - even if they are as young as kindergarten. And we'll close chatting with a field organizer from the CT Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and learn about the launch of their Smart Justice initiative that will be a key part of this year's state legislative session.

What is blockchain, how does it work, and how can it apply to you? On the show we have Syed Hussain, the Global Chief Commercial Officer of BANKEX, a blockchain-based fintech company from New York City. They have an extraordinarily innovative tool, Securitization 2.0 Operating Systems for Capital Markets, and today, Syed tells us more about blockchain and how it can revolutionize the market. Blockchain: what is it, and why is it so revolutionary?  This is the kind of technology that spans across humankind because it operates on two core foundations of human interaction: trust and incentivization.  But blockchain technology allows us to make incentives a fungible resource that can be freely traded, facilitated by the trust that is systematically built in. That is, it allows us to digitize our assets  — i.e. anything that holds value, like art, or real estate, or copyrights, or even information — so that it’s freely tradable and traceable. Then, the ‘proof of asset protocol’ allows relevant parties to reach a consensus as to the value of the asset and the fact that it exists. It’s revolutionary because it’s efficient. Once you put up an asset on an immutable blockchain, that record exists forever and there’s no need to replicate the process every time a transaction needs to occur.  What is a blockchain-based Smart Contract?  It’s leveraging the power of blockchain to institute an algorithm that allows you to do an individual transaction, then come up with agreements around that individual transaction. That is, because everything surrounding your asset is already digitized, stored, associated, and controlled by algorithms, a Smart Contract is able to automate the execution of succeeding transactions, from granular to highly complex, without the need for human interference.  What is Smart Justice, and how does it work for clients, customers, and other stakeholders? There is a lot that goes into ensuring compliance, but what happens when something doesn’t adhere to what was agreed upon? Or, perhaps, a situation occurred was outside the control of the parties involved? These are common situations, and contracts usually have arbitration clauses just for this purpose, where an arbiter comes in and uses a “baseline” to understand both sides. With blockchain, you can agree on those baselines in advance of the execution. Smart Justice is arbitration on the blockchain, referencing a different set of Smart Contracts — allowing for automation, pre-agreement, and self-execution of arbitrations.  Resources for Syed: Syed Hussain (LinkedIn)syed@bankex.com Resources for BANKEX WebsiteFacebookLinkedInTwitterHashtag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we get closer to the midterms, one of the local offices that will be on a number of ballots is the position of district attorney. The focus on local races comes as criminal justice overhaul efforts have stalled on the federal level. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vowed to aggressively prosecute nonviolent drug crimes, and President Donald Trump has praised policing tactics such as stop-and-frisk. The push to rethink criminal justice practices has been embraced by liberals and some conservatives, and polls show a majority of voters favor reducing the number of nonviolent drug offenders who are sent to prison. But disagreement remains about exactly how to revamp district attorney offices, which handle most criminal cases in the country. In the past, candidates running to be district attorney — if they were challenged at all — touted their toughness on crime. But now district attorneys' races have become more competitive, attracting large donations and challengers running on pledges to transform the criminal justice system. What is bringing about this change in perspective and approach, and could this be the beginning a turning point for prison reform? Starting in the late '70s and early '80s “tough on crime” was the mantra, and the one thing an elected official or candidate did not want to be called was “soft on crime,” a la the infamous Willie Horton fiasco in 1988 with Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis. Is there a shift in the landscape occurring, and if so, how so?Georgia election officials must stop rejecting absentee ballots and applications because of a mismatched signature without first giving voters a chance to fix the problem, a federal judge held late yesterday in a ruling that could impact the race for governor in a state where voting rights have become a major issue. US District Judge Leigh May ordered Secretary of State and Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp's office to instruct county election officials to stop the exact match practice for the November midterm elections. She outlined a procedure to allow voters to resolve alleged signature discrepancies. Is this the victory that many are claiming it is?Google has released a new tool that makes deleting your search history easy right from your search page. They say it's an easy way to control your data. However, can users really control their own data, or is it still a smokescreen for Google to keep your information? Max Blumenthal, in a recent article, analyzes Facebook and Twitter deleting the accounts of hundreds of users, including many alternative media outlets maintained by American users, writing, "Among those wiped out in the coordinated purge were popular sites that scrutinized police brutality and US interventionism, like The Free Thought Project, Anti-Media and Cop Block, along with the pages of journalists like Rachel Blevins." The collection of information and censorship of media outlets could be leading to a bigger issue. Is this just the beginning, and how far will these big data companies go in controlling messages and playing the role of Big Brother?GUESTS:Udi Ofer — Deputy national political director and director of the Campaign for Smart Justice for the American Civil Liberties Union.Greg Palast — Author and award-winning investigative reporter featured in The Guardian, Nation Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, BBC and other high profile media outlets.Chris Garaffa — Web developer and technologist.

In the first part of this series, hosts Aliya Khan and Jana Kooren are joined by Bill Cobb, Deputy Director for the ACLU's Campaign for Smart Justice to talk about shifting the dialogue around County Attorneys to reflect our culture. They're also joined by Theresa Nelson, ACLU of Minnesota's Legal Director, to discuss why we have County Attorneys and what role they play in criminal justice.  

The United States sends more people to prison or jail than any other nation in the world. Donald Trump pledged to be tough on crime, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has pushed to reinvigorate the war on drugs. They're contributing to the mass incarceration crisis, but they didn't create it. It's the result of decades of criminal policies enacted in every state in this country. Local prosecutors are big drivers of mass incarceration. Can they be part of the solution? Udi Ofer, the deputy national political director of the ACLU and the director of the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice, discusses ways people can fight against mass incarceration in their communities.

Pennsylvania's approach to criminal justice over recent decades has been a failure that has fueled mass incarceration. In the commonwealth and around the country, the ACLU has prioritized reform, launching the Campaign for Smart Justice, to reduce the prisons and jails population by 50 percent and combat racial disparities in the criminal justice system. In this episode, we hear from Jondhi Harrell of The Center for Returning Citizens and Terrell Thomas, senior field organizer for the ACLU-PA's Campaign for Smart Justice. In 2009, Jondhi founded TCRC to aid people after they leave prison. Since then, TCRC has also become a leading advocate for policy reform. You can learn more about TCRC at tcrcphilly.org and about the Campaign for Smart Justice at aclupa.org/smartjustice. If you're interested in helping the campaign, email us at volunteer@aclupa.org.

DeRay, Sam, Clint and Brittany discuss the overlooked news, including Alexandria Ocasio’s definition of democratic socialism and the lack of accountability in immigration detention contracting. "Hamilton" star Daveed Diggs and Bill Cobb, Deputy Director at the ACLU, talk about the Campaign for Smart Justice.

After spending nearly two decades in prison—12 of those years on death row—for multiple homicides he didn’t commit, Anthony Graves was finally exonerated and released in 2010. In this episode of the State Bar of Texas Podcast, host Rocky Dhir talks to Graves about the details of the crime, his experience in the courtroom, and what should have been done differently, including properly informing the jury about their role and the case background. Graves discusses whether or not his case has brought about positive change within the criminal justice system and shares what he is doing to fight for criminal justice reform. Anthony Graves was wrongfully convicted of multiple homicides in 1992 and spent nearly two decades behind bars, including 12 of those years on Texas’ death row. While still in prison, he co-founded Join Hands for Justice, a France-based activist group that led global efforts to prove his innocence. Graves’ conviction and death sentence were overturned in 2006, and after four years of legal wrangling, he was fully exonerated and released in 2010. Since then, he has become a full-time advocate for criminal justice reform, testifying before the U.S. Senate about the harms of solitary confinement, serving on the board of directors for the Houston Forensic Science Center, and working with the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice. Graves speaks widely and runs the Anthony Graves Foundation, which works to draw attention to problems within the American criminal justice system. He lives in Houston.

There are a shocking 2.2 million Americans behind bars right now, but how can we cure America of its epidemic of mass punishment? Leaders across the criminal justice movement share an array of reform ideas, including improving prison conditions, creating effective youth re-entry programs, changes to the parole model, alternatives for mental health and drug addiction issues, and models of new industries to replace the prison economy. Speakers include Nicole Zayas Fortier, counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, Robin Steinberg, founder of the Bronx Defenders, and Judith A. Greene, a former Soros Senior Justice Fellow and criminal justice expert, both contributors to Decarcerating America, The New Press volume, edited by Ernest Drucker. Nicole Zayas Fortier, Advocacy & Policy Counsel at the Campaign for Smart Justice, American Civil Liberties Union Judith A. Greene, Former Soros Senior Justice fellow; Contributor, Decarcerating America: From Mass Punishment to Public Health Robin Steinberg, Founder, Bronx Defenders; Contributor, Decarcerating America: From Mass Punishment to Public Health

Current Campaign Coordinator for Social Reinvestment WA, launching the public campaign for Healthy Families, Smart Justice, and Safe Communities, so we can close the gap on Aboriginal incarceration in WA once and for all.

ACLU of Florida attorney Benjamin Stevenson discusses how to deal with overcrowding in the Escambia Co. jail.

Kyle Kushman speaks with Alison Holcomb, the Director, Campaign for Smart Justice for the ACLU. Known as the architect of marijuana legalization in Washington state, she takes us through the process that would bring cannabis legalization to Washington State.

Dave Inman speaks with Alison Holcomb, the Director, Campaign for Smart Justice for the ACLU. Known as the architect of marijuana legalization in Washington state, she takes us through the process that would bring cannabis legalization to Washington State.