Decarceration Nation (with Josh and Joel)

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

Josh interviews David Feige, Director of the documentary feature "Untouchable." Complete show notes are available at our site DecarcerationNation.com

Josh Interviews Joe Luppino-Esposito of the Due Process Institute about Mens Rea Reform Full show notes are available from our website DecarcerationNation.com

Josh interviews Professor Reuben Miller from the University of Chicago about his work about Carceral Citizenship Full show notes are available at DecarcerationNation.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

Josh interviews Sheila Vakharia about harm reduction and US drug and addiction policies. The full show notes can be found at DecarcerationNation.com

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

Josh discusses his criminal justice reform agenda. The full show notes are available at our website http://decarcerationnation.com/

Josh interviews Guy Hamilton-Smith about Civil Commitment. You can find all of the show notes at DecarcerationNation.com

Josh interviews James Kilgore about our growing reliance on systems of E-Carceration. To see the complete show notes, visit DecarcerationNation.com

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

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...

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, I...

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...

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 cov...

Josh talks with Reuben Jones and Jondhi Harrell about recent criminal justice reform victories in Philadelphia My newest article is about taking a new approach to sentencing reform that ties reform directly to redressing racial disparity . I have written recaps of all 65 episodes of Orange Is the New Black . Reuben Jones is the Executive Director of Frontline Dads in Philadelphia. Both Reuben and...

Josh talks with Rochard Bronson, CEO of 70 Million Jobs about his mission to help one million formerly incarcerated people find meaningful work. I wrote recaps of all 65 episodes of Orange Is the New Black from the perspective of a formerly incarcerated person. I will continue my series Orange, Black, or Bleak the day after Season 6 starts (July 27th). Jeffrey Korzenik, of Fifth-Third bank, has be...

Josh interview Donna Hylton, the author of the book "A Little Piece of Light" Donna's book "A Little Piece of Light" is available for purchase now . Donna helped create the ACE program at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility . The ACE program helps incarcerated people in coping with HIV/AIDS. Donna was also instrumental in the creation of the Domestic Violence Program at Bed...

Josh interviews Thomas F. Lennon and Brandon Chrostowski , Director and principle from the Oscar-Nominated Documentary "Knife Skills" I wrote an article about Justice Kennedy's retirement . I also wrote an article about my own experiences in Solitary Confinement . You can watch the entire documentary "Knife Skills" on YouTube . Brandon also did a Ted Talk . If you want to visit...

Josh discusses the ongoing problem of Juvenile Life Without Parole sentences. You can easily join Nation Outside or Nation Outside Detroit , we would love to have you on our team. The NFL Players Coalition wrote a letter in response to President Trump's request for them to send him a list of commutations which they would like for him to carry out. I agreed with the vast majority of their letter, m...