Justice Radio

Hosts: Linda Small and Mackenzie Kelley

Guest: Daniel Rosen, Coalition for Carceral Nutrition

Topic: Linda’s interview with Daniel Rosen of the Coalition for Carceral Nutrition as they talk about how we can improve nutrition in prisons and jails to create healthier and more cost-effective outcomes not just for people living in carceral spaces, but also for tax payers and policy makers.

Hosts: Swathi Sivasubramanian- YPC Program Manager and Liv Eckert- YPC Program Coordinator

Topic: This discussion with co-hosts Swathi Sivasubramanian, YPC Program Manager, and Liv Eckert, YPC Program Coordinator, as they talk about the framing of punishment in childhood and the current state of healing, repair, and justice for young people in Maine.

Host: Catherine Besteman

Guest: Dr. Brashani Reece

Topic: Catherine’s interview with Dr. Brashani Reece, Executive Director of Drop LWOP,  they talk about their experience both as a victim and survivor of a violent crime and their mission to end the death penalty and all forms of extreme punishment.

Host: Emily Goulette

Guest: Katie Kelly, Maine Indigent Defense Center (MIDC)

Topic: Don’t miss Emily’s interview with Katie Kelly, the Maine Indigent Defense Center’s extern this semester from North Eastern Law School, as they talk about their personal experience and motivation to study criminal law. 

Hosts: Ana Noriega and Nazli Konya of Colby College

Guests: Victoria Scott and Lalee Awad, MS

Topic: Join guest hosts Ana Noriega and Nazli Konya, as they talk with Victoria Scott and Lalee about their work in the Colby College Justice Think Tank. A collaborative initiative comprised of 12 incarcerated and formerly incarcerated scholars across Maine who are actively researching and advocating for transformative alternatives to the current criminal legal system.

Host: Emily Goulette

Guest: Attorney, Ali Brauner of the Maine Indigent Defense Center

Topic: Don’t miss Emily’s interview with MIDC’s staff Attorney and 2023 Maine Law graduate, Ali Brauner, as they talk about what brought them to this work, the struggles of new Attorney’s doing indigent defense work, and the changes they would like to see made in our criminal legal system. 

Host: Linda Small
 
Topic: Don’t miss part II of Linda’s interview with Kevin Bott, founder and Artistic Director of Ritual4Return, and two recent graduates of the program, as they talk about homecoming rituals for returning citizens transitioning from incarceration to freedom.

Host: Linda Small


Blurb: Don’t miss Linda’s interview with Kevin Bott, founder and Artistic Director of Ritual4Return, and two recent graduates of the program, Baiyinah Shewmake and Tiyana Scarlett, as they talk about homecoming rituals for returning citizens transitioning from incarceration to freedom.

Host: Linda Small

Guests: Doug Dunbar and Brian Pitman

Topic: Don’t miss Linda’s interview with Doug Dunbar and Brian Pitman, members of No Penobscot County Jail Expansion (NPCJE), as they talk about what’s happening in Maine jails and the money we spend on new construction.

Host: Catherine Besteman

Guests: Rockland Police Chief Tim Carroll and resident Mark Munger

Topic: Catherine interviews Rockland Police Chief Tim Carroll and resident Mark Munger to talk about the Midcoast Community Collective, an inspiring new initiative to build collaborative networks in coastal Maine to deal with troubled Youth for whom standard forms of intervention have not been working.