Episode 4. A Second Look: Pathways from Prison to Freedom

12/03/2025 47 min Temporada 1 Episodio 4
Episode 4. A Second Look: Pathways from Prison to Freedom

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Episode 4. It's 2025 and the Washington state legislature is in session! Incarcerated organizers know better than most people that the state isn't always here to help us. In this episode, we explain what abolitionist reforms are and how some folks use them to realize the promise of liberation. We focus on the Judicial Discretion Act, a bill that began with incarcerated leadership and seeks to build solidarity across different incarcerated communities, victims/survivors, judges, lawyers, and outside community members. This episode includes Charles Longshore, Azias Ross, WA House Representative Tarra Simmons, Amanda Knight, and Senator Noel Frame; hosted by Ralph Dunuan, produced by Megan Ybarra, and edited and mixed by Anvar Hassanpour. This podcast was supported in part by a Scholar-Activist Project Award from the Antipode Foundation and the UCSD Communication Department. For show notes and transcript, go to www.choicesmedia.org