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Second Chance Month: A Time to Look Back

S3E13: Farming for Justice, with Charles Rosen

In this episode of Just Justice, Jessica Henry speaks with Charles Rosen, founder of Ironbound Farm, about an unusual approach to justice: combining regenerative farming with second-chance…

S3E12: Breaking Good, with author Nikki Mammano

Nikki Mammano is the author of Breaking Good, a fast-paced memoir that traces her journey from suburban New Jersey to the drug underworld of Waikiki and back again, through addiction, arrest, prison,…

S3E11: Death by Incarceration: Felix Rosado on Life Sentences and Restorative Justice

S3E11: Death by Incarceration: Felix Rosado on Life Sentences and Restorative Justice Sentenced to life without parole at 18, Felix Rosado spent nearly 27 years in prison before his sentence was…

S3E10: Sentenced to Life Without Parole as a Child, with April Barber-Scales

In this episode of Just Justice, host Jessica Henry speaks with April Barber-Scales, who was sentenced to life without parole in 1991 as a frightened, pregnant teenager.  After more than thirty years…

S3E9: Writing His Way Out: Emile Suotonye DeWeaver on Abolition and Imagination

In this powerful episode of Just Justice, writer, organizer, and abolitionist Emile Suotonye DeWeaver, author of Ghosts in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist…

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S3E8: "You Don't Have to Be Prison," with Dr. Daphne Brydon

Dr. Daphne Bryden joins this episode of Just Justice to explore trauma, transformation, and life after long-term incarceration. Drawing on over two decades of clinical and research experience, Dr.…

S3E7: Ending State Killing, with Abe Bonowitz from Death Penalty Action

In this episode of Just Justice, host Jessica Henry sits down with Abe Bonowitz, co-founder and executive director of Death Penalty Action and one of the most persistent voices in the movement to end…

S3EP6: Where Hope Lives: Jennifer Soble and the Illinois Prison Project

Jennifer Soble, founder and Executive Director of the Illinois Prison Project, is re-imagining justice around a simple but radical belief: people can change. In this episode of Just Justice, Jennifer…

S3EP5: Meet David Carrillo, the First Incarcerated College Professor in the United States

David Carrillo was serving a life without parole sentence when he realized he needed to radically change his thinking, and the way he was living behind bars. From a prison cell, he began a journey of…

S3EP4: Sixteen Years in Prison For A Crime He Didn't Commit: Attorney and Exoneree Jeffrey Deskovic on Justice and Redemption

At just 17, Jeffrey Deskovic was coerced into a false confession and wrongly convicted of a murder he didn’t commit, despite DNA evidence that proved his innocence. After 16 years behind bars, he was…

S3EP3: The Cost of Integrity, with former U.S. Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer

When former U.S. Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer refused to recommend a pardon for actor Mel Gibson, the Trump administration fired her just three hours later. Now, Liz is telling her story. Liz has become…

S3EP2: Aliza Kaplan: Second Chance Lawyering

Law professor Aliza Kaplan joins Just Justice to share the human side of “second-chance lawyering." Aliza details the chllanging legal work that happens after a conviction, where post-conviction…

S3EP1: What if Justice Meant Healing Instead of Punishment? with Amanda Carrasco author of Becoming the Brave One

On this episode of Just Justice, Amanda Carrasco, author of the new memoir Becoming the Brave One, shares how her experiences with sexual abuse and homicide shaped her path toward healing, and how…

S2EP13: Second Chances and Reentry, with Andrew Hundley, Executive Director of the Louisiana Parole Project

At just 15 years old, Andrew Hundley was sentenced to life without parole. Nearly two decades later, he became the first juvenile lifer in Louisiana released after the Supreme Court ruled such…

S2EP12: We Can't Afford It, with Zoë Towns, Executive Director of FWD.US

Ever wonder what mass incarceration really costs us—not just in terms of dollars, but in lost opportunities, strained families, and long-term economic impact? Spoiler: it’s a lot more than you think.…

S2EP11: "Children are Children," with Michael Pinard, Law Professor and Juvenile Justice Advocate

Michael Pinard has devoted his entire career to advocating for children and fighting against the racial biases that often accompany their mistreatment in our legal systems. A former public defender…

S2EP10: Phillip Alvin Jones, In Prison but "Already Free"

Phillip Alvin Jones is incarcerated in a Washington prison, where he is serving two life sentences plus twenty years for a crime he committed many years ago in Maryland. Although he has been in…

S2EP9:Bryan Widenhouse: Advocate, Artist and JLWOP Survivor

S1EP21 Bryan Widenhouse: Advocate, Artist and JLWOP Survivor   Bryan Widenhouse received a life without parole sentence when he was only 17 years old. During his 31 year incarceration, some of which…