La Paloma Prisoner Project - Raquel Almaƶ�n
La Paloma Prisoner is a theatre project by Raquel Almaƶ�n about the reclamation of identity by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women...
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Visions and Solutions Podcast
Dr. Vanda Seward is currently a Professor of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, Kingsborough Community College. Dr. Seward is retired from the Kings (Brooklyn) County Distr...
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20 of 64 episodesThe Legacy of Eddie Ellis Continues - Greer Ellis
Eddie Ellis was a visionary, serving as president of the Community Justice Center, Inc., an anti-crime research, education and advocacy orga...
Project Rebound - James Cavitt
James Cavitt is the Housing and Outreach Coordinator for California State University, Fullerton, where he supports formerly incarcerated stu...
Women's Community Justice Association - Cheryl Wilkins & Kandra Clark
The Rose M. Singer Center, nicknamed Rosie's , is the women's jail on Rikers Island and is among the top-12 worst jails in the country. WCJA...
Dr. Vanda Seward, On the Move
Dr. Vanda Seward talks about recent updates in the field of criminal justice, including new legislation that affects those facing trial.
Women's Roundtable Discussion - Donna Hylton, Roslyn Smith, Tanya Pierce
A discussion with leaders working to empower women who have been incarcerated. The needs of women post-incarceration, primarily "a safe plac...
NYC Housing Authority - Family Partnership Department - Yolanda Johnson-Peterkin
Yolanda Johnson-Peterkin has been working to serve people with criminal justice histories for over a decade and is currently Chief of Housin...
Life After Incarceration - On the Move - Kevin Mays
Mr. Kevin Mays recently returned home from the criminal justice system and joins Dr. Seward to talk about his transition as well as the reco...
Sex Offenders: We Are Human Too - Shawn Rolfe
Shawn Rolfe is an expert on laws and other barriers former sex offenders face when reintegrating into society.
State vs. Us Magazine- Tia "Mz. Konnoiseur" Hamilton
Tia is the Founder and CEO of State vs Us Magazine, State Vs Us Magazine, publishing content spotlighting high criminal profile cases and sp...
Charting the Course - Tracey Mendelsohn from BPRSNY
Tracy Wood Mendelsohn is President and CEO of the Black Public Relations Society of New York (BPRSNY), an organization that serves as a know...
Life After Incarceration - William Oree & Alexander Nelson
William Oree was recently released from Attica Correctional Facility after serving for 12 years. He describes his time at Attica as a positi...
Youth Represents: Steffi Jean-Jacques, Nefertiti Ankra, & Dale Ventura
Youth Represent is dedicated to improving the lives and futures of young people affected by the criminal justice system. The organization wa...
Witness to Mass Incarceration - Evie Litwok
Evie never thought that someone like her could end up in prison, much two federal prisons. A frequently engaged speaker, she founded and ser...
Healing Communities Network - Jaqueline McLeod
Healing Communities Network (HCN) was founded in 1979 by Father Stephen Chinlund under the combined direction of the New York State Commissi...
Office to Prevent Gun Violence - Hailey Nolasco
Ms. Nolasco is a criminal justice reform advocate that focuses on furthering the advancement of women of color, reducing mass incarceration,...
Free after 20 years of Incarceration - Sharon Richardson
Sharon Richardson is an advocate, entrepreneur, and CEO/Founder of Reentry Rocks. RR's Mission is to spread awareness, create societal and i...
Parole from the Inside - Michael Murphy
Former NYS Parole Office Michael Murphy discusses his career and how he tried to help the people he oversaw.
Pen America - Caits Meissner and Robert Pollock
PA is a non-profit membership organization, PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression...
Recovery Works - Kraven Weeks
Kraven Weeks, advocate, recovery coach and speaker from Buffalo NY has a 18 year career in social work, helping criminal justice involved pe...