Yesterday, a crowd of people gathered into a Capitol hearing room yesterday. They were there to comment on a slate of bills being considered by an assembly committee on family law. Those bills would change a number of grounds within the juvenile courts. Most prominent, though, is a Republican-led bill that could strip parental rights […]
Criminal Justice Reform is the Real Con
Earlier this afternoon, during today’s live show, the jury announced their verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial: not guilty on all five charges of homicide and reckless endangerment for the fatal shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and the shooting-related injuries of Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. This is a predictable but […]
COVID-19 in Prison and Prison Gerrymandering
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an extra toll on prison populations. Prisoners in Wisconsin were infected at a rate five times higher than the general population, and inmates were not given priority during vaccination rollout. This is just one of the injustices of the United States’ mass incarceration program. Another is that prisoners can’t vote—yet […]
Debunking Myths About Mass Incarceration
The United States has the largest population behind bars (a record 2.3 million in 2016) and the highest incarceration rate of any country (698 per 100,000). It’s a big problem, and yet many Americans accept this reality due to the widely held belief that prisons keep us safer. That’s a myth, though, says journalist Victoria […]
Facing the Pandemic in Prison
Throughout the pandemic, prisons have been one of the hardest-hit spaces for inmates and staff alike, with high rates of infection and minimal to no proper protective equipment or access to adequate hygiene. Back in April, Cook County Jail in Chicago suffered the worst COVID-19 outbreak the country had seen. For today’s episode, Wednesday host […]
The Road to Restorative Justice with Danielle Sered
For today’s pledge drive show, Ali is in conversation with Danielle Sered, executive director of Common Justice, about restorative justice and her new book, Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair. Danielle Sered is executive director of Common Justice, a Brooklyn-based organization that offers alternatives to incarceration for people charged with […]
