Bill Keller of the Marshall Project discusses why prison systems in the U.S. got away from early ideas of reforming inmates, and why arguments that these methods are soft on crime are misguided.
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Keeping Paroled Offenders Out of Trouble
Jason Hardy was once a probation and parole officer and is now a special agent for the FBI, and he joins us to talk about the often-ignored world of post-incarceration and his ideas for true system reform.
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What Happens After Exoneration
Lara Bazelon joins us to talk about how exoneration can lead to long periods of despair for the wrongfully convicted and the victim.
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The Prisoner
Skip Hollandsworth joins us to talk about how the experience of one juvenile prisoner opens up a new conversation about the balance between justice, mercy and rehabilitation.
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Young And Locked Up
We’ll talk this hour about why locking kids up may be detrimental to their growth and rehabilitation with Nell Bernstein, author of “Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison.”
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