Author and criminal justice advocate, Shaka Senghor joins us to talk about how he worked through his own pain of hurting people and now helps communities heal theirs.
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The Runaway Powers Of Prosecutors
Emily Bazelon joins us to talk about ways to level the playing field for defendants, which she writes about in “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration.”
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When Black America Championed Mass Incarceration
Former public defender James Forman Jr. joins us to talk about how policies from the 1970s lead to an overrepresentation of people of color in American prisons.
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When Black America Championed Mass Incarceration
Former public defender James Forman Jr. joins us to talk about how policies from the 1970s lead to an overrepresentation of people of color in American prisons.
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Rethinking The U.S. Prison System
We talk with a law school professor about why America locks up more of its citizens than any other country, a criminologist about our increased use of solitary confinement and a former inmate who’s made it her life’s work to help other incarcerated women transition back to freedom.
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Rethinking The U.S. Prison System
We talk with a law school professor about why America locks up more of its citizens than any other country, a criminologist about our increased use of solitary confinement and a former inmate who’s made it her life’s work to help other incarcerated women transition back to freedom.
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The Causes Of Mass Incarceration
John Pfaff joins us to talk about why the U.S. has such a high rate of imprisonment – and about ways to curb that population.
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