56 Katherine Vockins
Josh interviews Katherine Vockins the founder of Rehabilitation Through the Arts. You can find full show notes from our website http://decarcerationnation.com/
May 06, 2019•48 min•Ep. 56
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55 Emily Bazelon
Josh interviews author and journalist and storyteller Emily Bazelon about her new book "Charged." You can always find full show-notes on our website http://decarcerationnation.com/
Apr 29, 2019•40 min•Ep. 55
54 Danielle Sered
Josh interviews Danielle Sered of Common Justice about her work and about her book "Until We Reckon" on Episode 54 of the Decarceration Nation Podcast. Get the full show notes from our website http://decarcerationnation.com/
Apr 22, 2019•52 min•Ep. 54
53 Sonja Starr Part Two
Josh interviews Sonja Starr about her recent research paper with JJ Prescott arguing that the broadened expungement of criminal records is a crime fighting tool. You can find the full show notes from our website http://decarcerationnation.com/
Apr 15, 2019•41 min•Ep. 53
52 Sonja Starr Part One
Find complete show notes from episode 52 at http://decarcerationnation.com/
Apr 08, 2019•23 min•Ep. 52
51 Alexandra Natapoff
You can find the full show notes on our website DecarcerationNation.com
Apr 01, 2019•50 min•Ep. 51
50 John Pfaff
Josh interviews Fordham University Professor of Law and author John Pfaff about his book and work as a criminolgist.
Mar 18, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 50
49 Alissa Ackerman
Josh has a conversation with Dr. Alissa Ackerman about restorative justice in the context of sexual crimes You can find the full show notes at our website http://decarcerationnation.com/
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 49
48 Rachel Barkow
Josh interviews Rachel Barkow about her new book "Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration" You can find show complete notes on our website http://decarcerationnation.com/
Mar 04, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 48
47 Ian Marder
Josh interviews Dr. Ian Marder about his work to expand the use of restorative justice practices throughout Europe You can find extensive show notes at our website http://decarcerationnation.com/
Feb 25, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 47
46 Vincent Schiraldi
Josh interviews Vincent Schiraldi noted criminal justice researcher, an expert in juvenile justice and in parole and probation. You can find full show notes on our website DecarcerationNation.com
Feb 18, 2019•59 min•Ep. 46
45 David Feige
Josh interviews David Feige, Director of the documentary feature "Untouchable." Complete show notes are available at our site DecarcerationNation.com
Feb 11, 2019•49 min•Ep. 45
44 Joe Luppino-Esposito
Josh Interviews Joe Luppino-Esposito of the Due Process Institute about Mens Rea Reform Full show notes are available from our website DecarcerationNation.com
Feb 04, 2019•50 min•Ep. 44
43 Reuben Miller
Josh interviews Professor Reuben Miller from the University of Chicago about his work about Carceral Citizenship Full show notes are available at DecarcerationNation.com
Jan 28, 2019•54 min•Ep. 43
42 James Forman Jr.
Josh interviews Professor James Forman Jr. Mr. Forman won the 2018 Pulitzer prize for general non-fiction for his book "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America" More detailed show notes are available at DecarcerationNation.com
Jan 21, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 42
41 First Step Act Implementation
Josh interviews Kevin Ring (Families Against Mandatory Minimums) and Ames Grawet (Brennan Center) about First Step Act Implementation You can find complete show notes at DecarcerationNation.com
Jan 15, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 41
40 Prison Tablets
Josh interviews Tonya Riley of Mother Jones, Alex Friedmann of Prison Legal News, and Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative You can find full episode notes at DecarcerationNation.com
Dec 06, 2018•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 40
39 Janos Marton
Josh discusses the criminal justice implications of the midterm elections with Janos Marton of ACLU Smart Justice You can find detailed show notes at DecarcerationNation.com
Nov 12, 2018•36 min•Ep. 39
38 Square One Project
Josh interviews Sukyi McMahon about her work at the Square One Project during episode 38 of the Decarceration Nation Podcast You can find the full show notes on our website DecarcerationNation.com
Oct 22, 2018•50 min•Ep. 38
37 Mark Holden
Josh interviews Mark Holden, Senior Vice President & General Counsel for Koch Industries about his work on criminal justice reform. To read the show notes, go to DecarcerationNation.com
Oct 15, 2018•52 min•Ep. 37
36 Harm Reduction Part One
Josh interviews Sheila Vakharia about harm reduction and US drug and addiction policies. The full show notes can be found at DecarcerationNation.com
Oct 08, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 36
35 Killing The Death Penalty
Josh interviews Brandon L. Garrett about his new book "End Of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice. You can find the complete show notes at DecarcerationNation.com
Oct 01, 2018•52 min•Ep. 35
34 My Reform Agenda
Josh discusses his criminal justice reform agenda. The full show notes are available at our website http://decarcerationnation.com/
Sep 24, 2018•52 min•Ep. 34
33 Civil Commitment
Josh interviews Guy Hamilton-Smith about Civil Commitment. You can find all of the show notes at DecarcerationNation.com
Sep 10, 2018•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 33
32 E-Carceration
Josh interviews James Kilgore about our growing reliance on systems of E-Carceration. To see the complete show notes, visit DecarcerationNation.com
Sep 03, 2018•50 min•Ep. 32
31 Julian Adler
Josh interviews Julian Adler co-author of the book Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration The full show notes are available at DecarcerationNation.com
Aug 27, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 31
30 The Last Mile
Josh interviews Beverly Parenti co-creator of The Last Mile First, apologies, we faced some unique technical difficulties that we have never faced before. Andy was able to deal with many of the problems, but unfortunately, there is a portion of the interview that still has some feedback and a portion of the interview that has some drift so that the tracks were not lined up correctly. Thank you for your patience and I hope you will still enjoy the interview. This week I published my 69th recap of...
Aug 20, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 30
29 Abolition
Josh interviews Jared "Jay" Ware about prison abolitionism. Kathy and I finished our most recent Orange Is the New Black recap (Season 6 Episode 3). Jared "Jay" Ware is a prison abolitionist, freelance writer, co-host of the podcast Millennials Are Killing Capitalism and producer of the Beyond Prisons podcast. His work has been published with Shadowproof.com, The New Inquiry, In These Times, SF Bay View, Worker's World, Off Tha Record, and Hampton Institute. Students for a Democratic Society had...
Aug 13, 2018•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 29
28 First Step + SRCA
Josh discusses the recent compromise promising a combination of the First Step Act with the best parts of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. You can read our most recent Orange Is the New Black Recap or look back through all of the recaps . Kathy Morse was one of the inmates featured in the Bill Moyers documentary "Rikers: Am American Jail." Our original First Step Act episode of this podcast was Episode 18 and featured Ames Grawert of the Brennan Center, Jessica Jackson Sloan of Cut 50,...
Aug 07, 2018•48 min•Ep. 28
27 Prison Privatization
Josh talks with Bianca Tylek and Michael Crowley about prison privatization and private prisons I forgot to mention that Decarceration Nation was mentioned in the online publication Bustle this week. Thanks to Taylor Maples for including us on the list of " 7 Criminal Justice Podcasts to Listen to. " If you are a long-time fan of Orange Is the New Black, the guide to all of my recaps covers every season to date. If you are just starting to watch Orange Is the New Black, the first recap covers th...
Jul 30, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 27
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