Pursuing Justice

Our focus  is  a higher education program inside 2  prisons in  Maryland: a women’s facility and a men’s.  Our guests are: Eliza Cornejo, Executive Director of the partnership and Ramieka Robinson-Peoples, a former GPEP student</p> <p>finishing her B.A. at Goucher.

Huwe Burton Spent 18 years in Prison from Age 16-34 for a crime he did not commit

Huwe Burton Spent 18 years in Prison from Age 16-34 for a crime he did not commit

Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law in Washington, D.C. She and her students  represent youth accused of delinquency in D.C. She will discuss her  new book: The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth.

Professor Kristen Henning is the author of: THE RAGE OF INNOCENCE: HOW AMERICA CRIMINALIZES BLACK YOUTH was published in 2021. She is the Blume Professor of Law and director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown University Law Center. She has represented juvenile accused of crimes in Washington, D.C. for 25 years.

Our podcast   will feature one of three authors of a 66 page article appearing in the Northwestern Law Review published in October 2021. Rachel Lopez is an Associate Professor of Law at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. The theme of the article is the question of redemption. Life Without Parole is essentially <i>Death By Incarceration, </i>sending the message that those accused of...

The article “Redeeming Justice” discussing the <b>right</b> to redemption for people serving a Life Without Parole sentence has  garnered much attention in legal circles. A number of advocates have brought several legal complaints that address this right. Astha Sharma Pokharel will discuss a complaint to the United Nations (to be filed on September 15, 2022) alleging that the United St...

Kempis Songster, aKa Ghani, is a founding member of Right To Redemption Committee and the Coalition to abolish Death By Incarceration.  He is also co-founder and director of Ubuntu Philadelphia. Since his release in 2017 after 30 years in prison, starting when he was 15 years Old, Ghani has emerged as a leader in Philadelphia’s movement to end mass incarceration and to create restorative responses...

Kempis Songster, aKa Ghani, is a founding member of Right To Redemption Committee and the Coalition to abolish Death By Incarceration.  He is also co-founder and director of Ubuntu Philadelphia. Since his release in 2017 after 30 years in prison, starting when he was 15 years Old, Ghani has emerged as a leader in Philadelphia’s movement to end mass incarceration and to create restorative responses...

Amy Ard is founder and Executive Director of  Motherhood Beyond Bars in Georgia. This is a nonprofit organization helping women who deliver a baby while incarcerated. In Georgia, babies are taken from the mother within 24 hours. This organization assists in finding a caregiver for the newborn and helps financially and emotionally to keep mother, child and caregiver connected.

Amy Ard founded the nonprofit: MOTHERHOOD BEYOND BARS in Georgia. This is a continuation of our interview.

Leticia Longaria-Navarro: director of The PATHfinder Network in Portland, Oregon. Victor Trillo; Victor leads a club at Parkrose H.S. in Portland for kids impacted by incarceration in their families. He spent 20+ years in prison.

Leticia Longaria-Navarro: director of The PATHfinder Network in Portland, Oregon. Victor Trillo; Victor leads a club at Parkrose H.S. in Portland for kids impacted by incarceration in their families. He spent 20+ years in prison.

Allison Langer is a Writing Coach, Author, and a Co-Producer of Podcast - " Writing Class Radio". Andrea Askowitz is a Author and Co-Producer and Co-Host of "Writing Class Radio"

Allison Langer is a Writing Coach, Author, and a Co-Producer of Podcast - " Writing Class Radio".</p> <p>Andrea Askowitz is a Author and Co-Producer and Co-Host of "Writing Class Radio"

Puppies Behind Bars was founded by Gloria Stoga in 1997 in NYC. We speak to its director, Eric Barsness and  one of its trainers, Gilbert Molina.  Gilbert spent 19 years in New York State prisons and was released in 2010. 

Alexa Garza is from Texas where she was incarcerated. She learned to copy books into Braille while she was   behind bars, a  job she continues to do since her release. 

See description in  Part 1.

Jennifer Toon was a juvenile offender in the state of Texas at age 15. She then spent about 20 years in  prison. She was released about 5  years ago and now works for THE COALITION  OF TEXANS WITH DISABILITIES as a criminal justice and mental health advocate in addition to being a published writer.  She is the author of: "Invisible Scars" published in The Texas Observer.

Robin was arrested at age 14, sentenced to 50 years in prison for felony murder.

Robin was arrested at age 14, sentenced to 50 years in prison for felony murder.