A Lens on Incarceration & Justice Initiatives with Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, Managing Director of Justice Initiatives at Chicago Beyond

Episode description

Our interview episode is host to an amazing guest this week – Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, Managing Director of Justice Initiatives at Chicago Beyond. Dr. Jones Tapia provides a lens on incarceration and its impact inside and outside of prison walls. From her work with the system and as a psychologist she helps paint the picture of what incarceration does to the people incarcerated, their families, their communities, and other stakeholders. In our conversation, she also provides insights on how to change the system through her work at Chicago Beyond, and create systems-level change. We also chat terms, from the difference between jail and prison, to the prison pipeline to collective trauma, and more.

PS top stories this week and this week only are in an abridged version at the top of the episode.

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