abolition is for everybody

abolition is for everybody

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  • Navigating reentry with Bleu Inkk Watkins and Roberto Ramirez.

    On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined by Bleu Inkk Watkins and Roberto Ramirez. Together, they dive into what it is like navigating reentry after incarceration.

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    Season 4 is all about the journey of incarceration. From arrests, to sentencing, to family connections, parole hearings, and reentry. To access the episode transcript, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠InitiateJustice.org/Podcast⁠

    1 hr 18 min
  • Navigating Family Connections with Sandra and Jesse Suarez

    On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined by Sandra and Jesse Suarez. Together, they dive into what it is like navigating family connections through incarceration.

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    Season 4 is all about the journey of incarceration. From arrests, to sentencing, to family connections, parole hearings, and reentry. To access the episode transcript, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠InitiateJustice.org/Podcast⁠

    55 min
  • Experiencing a Board of Parole Hearing w/ Juan Gamez.

    On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined byJuan Gamez. Together, they dive into what it is like to experience a Board of Parole hearing.

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    Season 4 is all about the journey of incarceration. From arrests, to sentencing, to family connections, parole hearings, and reentry.

    To access the episode transcript, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠InitiateJustice.org/Podcast⁠

    1 hr 2 min
  • Experiencing a trial with Chris Johnson.

    On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined by Chris Johnson. Together, they dive into all things trials.

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    Season 4 is all about the journey of incarceration. From arrests, to sentencing, to family connections, parole hearings, and reentry.

    To access the episode transcript, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠InitiateJustice.org/Podcast⁠

    1 hr 11 min
  • Signing a plea deal with Fernando Delgado.

    On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined by former incarcerated organizer, Fernando Delgado. Together, they dive into all things plea deals.

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    Season 4 is all about the journey of incarceration. From arrests, to sentencing, to family connections, parole hearings, and reentry.

    To access the episode transcript, visit ⁠⁠⁠InitiateJustice.org/Podcast⁠

    39 min
  • Experiencing arrests with Hugo Gonzalez.

    On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined by Hugo Gonzalez. Together, they dive into what it is like to experience arrests.

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    Season 4 is all about the journey of incarceration. From arrests, to sentencing, to family connections, parole hearings, and reentry.

    To access the episode transcript, visit ⁠⁠InitiateJustice.org/Podcast⁠

    37 min
  • The history of mass incarceration with Antoinette Ratcliffe

    On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined by Antoinette Ratcliffe, Executive Director at Initiate Justice. Together, they kick off Season 4 and dive into the history of mass incarceration.

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    Season 4 is all about the journey of incarceration. From arrests, to sentencing, to family connections, parole hearings, and reentry.

    To access the episode transcript, visit ⁠InitiateJustice.org/Podcast⁠


    46 min
  • Let's Talk: Changing the Narrative w/ Rasheeda Jones

    On the last episode of Season 3, Graham and Crystal are joined by Rasheeda Jones. Rasheeda is a mental advocate, community organizer, and self-published author of Justice- a children's book about a young boy navigating his feelings through his father's incarceration. Together, they discuss how they work towards changing the current narrative on people who are impacted by our carceral system.

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    Season 3 is about the media’s involvement in carceral or abolitionist thinking- how it uses narratives to impact, radicalize, and shift culture.

    To access the episode transcript, visit InitiateJustice.org/Podcast



    31 min
  • Let's Talk: Gangs and Immigration in the Media

    On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined by Valerie, a public school teacher and community organizer. Together, they discuss the stories on gangs and immigration that are omitted by the media.

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    Season 3 is about the media’s involvement in carceral or abolitionist thinking- how it uses narratives to impact, radicalize, and shift culture.

    To access the episode transcript, visit InitiateJustice.org/Podcast


    37 min
  • Minisode Six: The one where we talk about organizing while incarcerated.

    On Minisode Six: The one where we talk about organizing while incarcerated, Adam and Lee discuss Initiate Justice's Inside Organizing department. Together they discuss the barriers incarcerated organizers face and their experience as former incarcerated organizers. To donate to Initiate Justice's Inside Organizing department, visit: GiveButter.com/WeFightForUS


    To access the episode transcript, visit InitiateJustice.org/Podcast




    32 min

About abolition is for everybody

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abolition is for everybody is a podcast that tackles the sometimes-difficult conversations around prison abolition. Through friendly chats, and conversations with experts, our system-impacted co-hosts explore the history, futures, obstacles, and joys of abolition.