Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:26 — 17.1MB)Subscribe: RSSAfter an hours-long meeting last night, the Monroe County Council unanimously voted down allocating roughly $8 million to purchase the North Park property to build a new jail. Council members cited the cost of the new jail and state policy limiting spending for local governments as reasons to deny …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe are sad to report that Russell Maroon Shoatz, who was recently granted compassionate release after his decades in prison, has passed away. This week, we return to the final part of our conversation about carceral non-profits with Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan. Kurti is a professor …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In 2008, Monroe County moved to build a new, expanded jail -framed as a “justice campus” using humanitarian rhetoric. In response, a diverse group of local residents founded an organization called Decarcerate Monroe County (DMC). Here is how they later summarized their activities: “DMC’s framework included …
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