To kick off our final season, the DEcarcerated Podcast was LIVE at the 2019 Smart on Crime Conference held at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC. Some of America's leading criminal legal system experts participated in this conference, and we got a few of them to speak with us backstage.  Here's a few:

• Amanda Alexander, Executive Director & Founder of the Detroit Justice Center
• Topeka K. Sam, Hope House | The Topeka K. Sam Show on Sirius XM
• Carol Bogert, President of the The Marshall Project
• Halim Flowers, Echoing Green & Halcyon Arts Lab Fellow
• Jameila Meme Styles, MEASURE Austin
• Wesley Caines, Bronx Defenders
• Lawrence Bartley, The Marshall Project, Director, News Inside

More details about the 2019 Smart on Crime Conference can be found here.

Thankful for the support of Michelle Diaz, Andrew Stelzer, and LeShae Henderson of Team DEcarcerated.

This episode was made possible courtesy of The Center for American Progress,  John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. Huge shoutout to Julia Cusick of the Center for American Progress for making this happen!

Episode music credits:

Five Years Ago by the Custodian of Records

Roy by JBlanked

The Trunk by Deal the Villain

Fallen Stars by Ketsa

Always Something by JBlanked

Off by Deal the Villain

Lucky Stars by the Custodian of Records

Much much love to The Weavers Fellowship and the Novo Foundation for sponsoring Season Five of DEcarcerated.

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