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16:44

JR

Why art is a tool for hope

Posted Jun 2022

16:12

Nick Turner and Whitney Pennington Rodgers

How to fix two of the most broken systems in the US

Posted Feb 2022

18:00

Reuben Jonathan Miller

How radical hospitality can change the lives of the formerly incarcerated

Posted Jan 2022

12:41

Brittany K. Barnett

The creativity, innovation and ingenuity languishing in US prisons

Posted Jan 2022

5:57

Bianca Tylek

The multibillion-dollar US prison industry — and how to dismantle it

Posted Jun 2021

5:07

Orisanmi Burton

What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion

Posted May 2021

6:10

Camilo Ramirez

The problem with the U.S. bail system

Posted Sep 2020

17:38

Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi

The US is addicted to incarceration. Here's how to break the cycle

Posted May 2020

14:53

Martha Minow

How forgiveness can create a more just legal system

Posted Mar 2020

12:51

César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

Why immigration prisons aren't the answer

Posted Feb 2020

12:07

Laura Rovner

What happens to people in solitary confinement

Posted Nov 2019

15:06

Marcus Bullock

An app that helps incarcerated people stay connected to their families

Posted Oct 2019

18:27

Michelle Kuo

The healing power of reading

Posted Jun 2019

11:42

Kim Gorgens

The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime

Posted Apr 2019

3:01

Daniel Finkel

Can you solve the jail break riddle?

Posted Feb 2019

16:00

Lindy Lou Isonhood

A juror's reflections on the death penalty

Posted Feb 2019

11:21

Eldra Jackson

How I unlearned dangerous lessons about masculinity

Posted Dec 2018

15:28

Alan Crickmore

How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids

Posted Dec 2018

18:30

Hany Farid

The dangers of algorithmic justice

Posted Oct 2018

14:43

Lindsay Malloy

Why teens confess to crimes they didn't commit

Posted Jul 2018

14:24

Robin Steinberg

What if we ended the injustice of bail?

Posted Apr 2018

13:39

Eve Abrams

The human stories behind mass incarceration

Posted Mar 2018

15:19

Deanna Van Buren

What a world without prisons could look like

Posted Mar 2018

8:50

Peter Ouko

From death row to law graduate

Posted Feb 2018

12:23

Teresa Njoroge

What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit

Posted Nov 2017

11:03

Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll

How I learned to read — and trade stocks — in prison

Posted Apr 2017

12:43

Salil Dudani

How jails extort the poor

Posted Feb 2017

8:38

John Legend

"Redemption Song"

Posted Jul 2016

14:55

Will Potter

The secret US prisons you've never heard of before

Posted Oct 2015

9:36

The Lady Lifers

A moving song from women in prison for life

Posted May 2015

16:04

Alice Goffman

How we're priming some kids for college — and others for prison

Posted May 2015

11:23

Ismael Nazario

What I learned as a kid in jail

Posted Mar 2015

12:37

Cristina Domenech

Poetry that frees the soul

Posted Jan 2015

11:44

Alexander McLean

Restoring hope and dignity to the justice system

Posted Nov 2014

10:32

Dan Pacholke

How prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives

Posted Aug 2014

12:00

Shaka Senghor

Why your worst deeds don’t define you

Posted Jun 2014