Pursuing Justice

The Dismantling of Youth Prisons and Our History of Locking Up Our Children with Nell Bernstein [Part 1]

Nell Bernstein is an investigative journalist and author of 3 books. Her most recent book is In Our Future We Will Be Free. Nell is the recipient of a White House award given to her by President Obama (Champion of Change). The American Bar Association recognized her 2014 book, Burning Down the House by giving her their Silver Gavel Award. Nell focuses on juvenile justice and the effect of incarceration on children. She writes for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsday, Mother Jones, Salon and USA Today. Her first book is: All Alone In the World. To learn more about Nell, visit her website: https://www.nellbernstein.com/ [https://www.nellbernstein.com/] This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org [https://www.floridainnocence.org/] for more information.

A Conversation with Justice Defenders CEO & Founder Alexander McLean [Part 2]

Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and  founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They have been able to secure a release for  72,000 people, trained 740 paralegals in addition to 67 people who earned a law degree from the University of London while in prison or as prison staff. McLean created this nonprofit in 2007 having graduated from the University of Nottingham as a Barrister that year. Alexander has been honored for his work by being recognized in TIME's 30 Under 30 Changing the World and on "The Power List". He was UK Young Philanthropist of the Year in 2007. Grinnell College awarded him the "Innovator for Social Justice Prize" in 2020. To learn more about Justice Defenders, visit www.justice-defenders.org [https://www.justice-defenders.org/] Alexander's TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTBdU0SIJc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTBdU0SIJc] The Whole Story - https://youtu.be/NPVLb4SwQU4 [https://youtu.be/NPVLb4SwQU4] 60 Minutes - https://drive.google.com/drive/search?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto&q=60%20minutes%20type:video [https://drive.google.com/drive/search?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto&q=60%20minutes%20type:video] This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org [https://www.floridainnocence.org/] for more information.

A Conversation with Justice Defenders CEO & Founder Alexander McLean [Part 1]

Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and  founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They have been able to secure a release for  72,000 people, trained 740 paralegals in addition to 67 people who earned a law degree from the University of London while in prison or as prison staff. McLean created this nonprofit in 2007 having graduated from the University of Nottingham as a Barrister that year. Alexander has been honored for his work by being recognized in TIME's 30 Under 30 Changing the World and on "The Power List". He was UK Young Philanthropist of the Year in 2007. Grinnell College awarded him the "Innovator for Social Justice Prize" in 2020. To learn more about Justice Defenders, visit www.justice-defenders.org [https://www.justice-defenders.org/] Alexander's TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTBdU0SIJc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTBdU0SIJc] The Whole Story - https://youtu.be/NPVLb4SwQU4 [https://youtu.be/NPVLb4SwQU4] 60 Minutes - https://drive.google.com/drive/search?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto&q=60%20minutes%20type:video [https://drive.google.com/drive/search?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto&q=60%20minutes%20type:video] This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org [https://www.floridainnocence.org/] for more information.

A Conversation with Crime Survivors Speak National Director Aswad Thomas

In 2009, Aswad Thomas was 26 years old and weeks away from going to Europe to play professional basketball. As he left a convenience store he was approached by two young men intent on robbing him and he suffered two near-fatal gunshot wounds to his back ending his basketball career. Today, Aswad is Vice President of the public safety organization Just Safe and the director of Crime Survivors Speak, a national network of over 200,000 crime victims across the country, particularly from communities hardest hit by crime and violence. At Crime Survivors Speak Aswad helps elevate the voices of crime victims in policy debates, which has helped pass legislation increasing crime prevention, rehabilitation and access to victim compensation and trauma recovery. Aswad has been featured in news stories across the country including the New Yorker "Black Wounds Matter, NPR: “Black Men Who Are Crime Victims Have Few Places to Turn”, and the Sacramento Bee: “California's crime survivors must speak out for smart justice”. Learn more about TimeDone at https://timedone.org/ [https://timedone.org/] Learn more about JustSafe at https://justsafe.org/ [https://justsafe.org/] This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org [https://www.floridainnocence.org/] for more information.

Ending Post-Conviction Poverty with Saad Soliman of TimeDone

Saad M. Soliman is the National Director of TimeDone at Just Safe, where he leads national policy advocacy and movement-building efforts on behalf of over 200,000 people with past convictions. A nationally recognized expert in reentry systems and public safety reform, he builds scalable, mission-driven initiatives that advance equity and public safety. Known as a serial entrepreneur, Soliman has founded and grown multiple ventures serving justice-impacted communities. His professional background includes roles with the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. District Courts, and the U.S. Probation Office in Delaware, and he currently advises the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the American Institutes for Research.. Appointed and reappointed to the Delaware Workforce Development Board by successive governors, he specializes in assisting people leaving the justice system with jobs, healthcare and housing to increase successful reentry at local, state, and national levels. Learn more about TimeDone at https://timedone.org/ [https://timedone.org/] Learn more about JustSafe at https://justsafe.org/ [https://justsafe.org/] This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org [https://www.floridainnocence.org/] for more information.