In this episode, Mikella and Phoebe interview Iridian Grenada, a ‘lifer’ who spent more than 25 years in Canadian federal prisons. Iridian watched first-hand how rehabilitation evolved in prisons and reflects on powerful moments inside that changed his life.

In this episode Mikella and Phoebe interview Lisa Guenther, a professor at Queen’s University in Critical Prison Studies. We talk about prison abolition, Lisa’s experiences working with men on death row, and the complexities of restorative justice and sexual violence. At Queen’s, Lisa runs the Walls to Bridges program, a for-credit course where university students join incarcerated students in Collins Bay Institution to learn about restorative justice.

Pete Brown is the National Program Manager at 7th Step Society Canada, a program designed to help offenders and ex-offenders change their behaviour and attitudes using a basic self-help philosophy. Its fundamental principles are realistic thinking and positive peer pressure. Pete himself was sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison, and he dedicates his time to helping other ex-offenders.