Episode 30: A Conversation with Rodney Spivey-Jones and Max Kenner

In January 2020 Josie Duffy Rice and her producer, Florence Barrau-Adams, traveled to Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon New York to interview Rodney Spivey-Jones and Max Kenner. Max is the founder and Executive Director of the Bard Prison Initiative, and Rodney received his bachelor's degree from Bard College in 2017 through the Bard Prison Initiative. Rodney has been incarcerated for 17 years, and is currently incarcerated at Fishkill. Both are featured in the PBS documentary series College Behind Bars . They joined Josie to discuss why Max started BPI 20 years ago, Rodney's experience as part of BPI, and what he hopes to do upon his release. For more information please visit theappeal.org

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Episode 30: A Conversation with Rodney Spivey-Jones and Max Kenner is an episode from Justice In America by The Appeal.

This episode is 01:06:35 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2020.

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