This is “Are Prisons the Answer?”, a monthly show on Justice Radio on WMPG with your hosts Catherine Besteman and Leo Hylton. Today, we are talking with DA Jonathan Sahrbeck and defense attorney Jeremy Pratt about how a person ends up in prison.

Are Prisons the Answer?

Justice Radio is a talk-show that tackles hard questions about our criminal legal system in Maine.<br /><ul><li>How do we actually envision justice?</li><li>Does our current criminal legal system provide justice?</li><li>Do prisons and jails keep us safe? What should accountability and repair look like in the wake of harm?</li><li>How do people releasing into communities cope with the overwhelming adjustment to technology changes, finding housing and work, and building relationships?</li></ul>Our rotating hosts will offer an ongoing 4-week cycle of shows that address these and other questions through moderated conversations with leaders in the field of criminal justice, abolitionist organizers, justice-impacted people, and other experts and community members.

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Justice Radio is a talk-show that tackles hard questions about our criminal legal system in Maine.How do we actually envision justice?Does our current criminal legal system provide justice?Do prisons and jails keep us safe? What should accountability and repair look like in the wake of harm?How do people releasing into communities cope with the overwhelming adjustment to technology changes, finding housing and work, and building relationships?Our rotating hosts will offer an ongoing 4-week cycle of shows that address these and other questions through moderated conversations with leaders in the field of criminal justice, abolitionist organizers, justice-impacted people, and other experts and community members.

Justice Radio is a talk-show that tackles hard questions about our criminal legal system in Maine.<br><ul><li>How do we actually envision justice?</li><li>Does our current criminal legal system provide justice?</li><li>Do prisons and jails keep us safe? What should accountability and repair look like in the wake of harm?</li><li>How do people releasing into communities cope with the overwhelming adjustment to technology changes, finding housing and work, and building relationships?</li></ul>Our rotating hosts will offer an ongoing 4-week cycle of shows that address these and other questions through moderated conversations with leaders in the field of criminal justice, abolitionist organizers, justice-impacted people, and other experts and community members.

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Are Prisons the Answer?

Are Prisons the Answer?