Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Bretto with Leaders Become Legends, a non-profit

organization based in Portland, Oregon.  The organization has worked with

and mentored, So Called Blacks, So Called Hispanics, and So Called Native

American frontline community members for over t...

Join cohost Emma Lugo this Monday on Prison Pipeline for a conversation with

Alex Wright, Co-founder and Executive Director of Level, a groundbreaking

nonprofit that’s transforming access to prison education across the United

States.

While only a small percentage of ...

Prison Pipeline – Monday, October 6th at 6:30 PM

This week on Prison Pipeline, join host Emma Lugo for a conversation with

Robin Davidson and Kirk Charlton of Better Neighbors, a nonprofit

organization dedicated to providing programming and educational opportunities

to ...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Justice As Healing.

In Massachusetts, a coalition of advocacy organizations is working to oppose

Governor Maura Healey's proposed $360 million prison complex at

MCI-Framingham. They’re calling for an immediate action to stop

construct...

Adam Carpinelli interviews Talilo Marfil and Mic Crenshaw.  The two

interviewees will discuss a recently co-produced song with incarcerated youth

titled "No Ceilings" that was released in summer 2025 and made possible

through a youth music program called Keys, Beats, Bar...

On this special podcast edition of Prison Pipeline: The Harm Reduction Debate

Continues.

The Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance

Use and Recovery held a public hearing September 15 on the subject of harm

reduction. Six bills were bein...

Host Karen James speaks with Alyssa Walker Keller, coordinator with Portland

Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) and Jessica Montoya with Oregon for All

about coalition building and networking for immigration justice.  As Oregon

faces potential federal action from the Trum...

This Monday, September 8th at 6:30pm, Prison Pipeline co-host Emma Lugo will

be speaking with Angela Kim of the Oregon Justice Resource Center’s

Women’s Justice Project.

Angela is a former critical care nurse who spent more than 15 years in the

medical field before bein...

Host Karen James speaks with Alyssa Walker Keller, coordinator with Portland

Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) and Jessica Montoya with Oregon for All

about coalition building and networking for immigration justice.  As Oregon

faces potential federal action from the Trum...