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- Ep. 20: Pastor Chris Harris -- Bright Star Community Outreach and TURN Model for Safer CommunitiesPastor Chris Harris speaks about Bright Star Community Outreach, NATAL training, the TURN Center in Bronzeville in south Chicago, and the TURN Model of coalition building to reduce trauma and build safer communities.35 min
- Ep. 19: Problem-Solving Courts – Video Conversation With Judge Jeff Ford
Judge Jeff Ford (ret.), a pioneer of problem-solving courts and past president of the Illinois Association of Problem-Solving Courts, provides an inside look into this growing approach to criminal justice and explains his experience with creating and managing problem-solving courts in Champaign County in central Illinois.
1 hr 12 min - Ep. 19: Problem-Solving Courts - Video Conversation With Judge Jeff FordJudge Jeff Ford (ret.), a pioneer of problem-solving courts and past president of the Illinois Association of Problem-Solving Courts, provides an inside look into this growing approach to criminal justice and explains his experience with creating and managing problem-solving courts in Champaign County in central Illinois.1 hr 12 min
- Ep. 18 – Virgia Brewer: From Decades of Abuse and Trauma to Present Happiness (What Made the Difference)
Virgia Brewer. To meet this wonderful woman today, you would have no idea she is a survivor of decades of abuse and trauma, beginning as a sexually exploited child – exploited and abused by family members no less, beginning at age seven. Now she is happy. Hear what made the difference.
1 hr 11 min - Ep. 18 - Virgia Brewer: From Decades of Abuse and Trauma to Present Happiness (What Made the Difference)Virgia Brewer. To meet this wonderful woman today, you would have no idea she is a survivor of decades of abuse and trauma, beginning as a sexually exploited child – exploited and abused by family members no less, beginning at age seven. Now she is happy. Hear what made the difference.1 hr 11 min
- Ep. 17: Lenore Anderson – Victims’ Rights and the Future of Public Safety
Lenore Anderson discusses the connection between victims' rights and public safety, and how increasing services for victims can reduce crime.
31 min - Ep. 17: Lenore Anderson - Victims' Rights and the Future of Public SafetyLenore Anderson discusses the connection between victims' rights and public safety, and how increasing services for victims can reduce crime.31 min
- Ep. 16 (excerpts) – Lisa Daniels: A Mother Who Forgave Her Son’s Killer and Lives Restorative Justice
Lisa Daniels: Finding Healing Through Restorative Practices Lisa Daniels transformed her grief into purpose after forgiving her son’s killer. As founder of the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices, —named after her son—she embodies the principles of restorative justice and the forgiveness teachings from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. Through her powerful story, Lisa […]
17 min - Ep. 16 (excerpts) - Lisa Daniels: A Mother Who Forgave Her Son's Killer and Lives Restorative JusticeLisa Daniels: Finding Healing Through Restorative Practices Lisa Daniels transformed her grief into purpose after forgiving her son’s killer. As founder of the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices, —named after her son—she embodies the principles of restorative justice and the forgiveness teachings from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. Through her powerful story, Lisa reveals how the criminal justice system often sidelines victims’ interests and perspectives, even when claiming to seek justice on their behalf. Her perspective comes not from naïve idealism but from lived experience, including her service on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. There, she reviewed applications […]17 min
- Ep. 16 – Lisa Daniels: A mother who forgave her son’s killer and lives restorative justice
Lisa Daniels lives the principles of restorative justice as a mother who forgave her son's killer and asked for leniency at his sentencing.
1 hr 42 min
About Justice Voices
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We can do better. Listen and have your eyes opened:
• See criminal justice reality and needed reforms through real-life stories of people with lived experience with crime on both sides of the law.
• Learn about practical solutions for breaking the cycle of crime, achieving healing for victims, and building safer communities.
Hosted by David Risley, former career federal prosecutor and former Director of Public Safety Policy in the Illinois Governor's Office.
Co-hosting many episodes is Lynard Joiner, who went to prison for 17 years in a case prosecuted by Mr. Risley, and who is now Executive Director of Shifting Into New Gear (SING), delivering reentry services and support to people returning to society after release from prison.
What Makes Us Unique
• Unexpected Partnership: The partnership of Mr. Risley and Mr. Joiner, who first met on opposite sides of a federal courtroom on opposite sides of the law, enables listeners to get the real story from both perspectives and demonstrates the power of forgiveness and healing.
• Beyond Theory: We bring you raw, honest stories from people who've lived through incarceration, police our streets, experienced victimization, live in high-crime communities, or work daily in the justice system—paired with concrete examples of cost-effective problem-solving that actually work.
• New Vision of Justice: Instead of legal and social barriers amounting to permanent punishment, we showcase successful reentry programs, community-driven approaches to healing trauma as both a cause and effect of crime, crime prevention, problem-solving courts, and restorative practices that help both victims and offenders rebuild their lives.
Featured Topics
• Life before and inside prison
• Life after prison: challenges, barriers, and successes
• Restorative justice in action
• Effective, community-centered solutions
• Victim healing and offender accountability
• Trauma-informed approaches to crime prevention
• Criminal justice policy reform
Justice Voices is essential listening for concerned citizens, policy-makers, justice professionals, community leaders, and anyone interested in how we can create safer communities by shifting from a punishment approach to justice to a problem-solving approach.