As a 30 year veteran of the Michigan Department of Corrections, Andy Potter has gained invaluable experience doing one of the toughest jobs in the country. After years of putting this knowledge to work through his leadership in the Michigan Corrections Organization, Andy founded his own organization. One Voice United incorporates corrections officers and other frontline staff into the discussion of criminal justice reform. They believe corrections reform is a foundation of criminal justice reform, and through One Voice United, Andy bridges the gap between various parties and political agendas in order to achieve one common goal – reform.

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https://onevoiceunited.org/

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Chris Redlitz, a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, has made a career of capitalizing on emerging technologies, but a visit to San Quentin made him recognize another great investment, the vast untapped human talent languishing in our nation's prisons. The Last Mile was co-founded by Chris in 2010 as an organization with the goal of breaking the cycle of incarceration by providing education and career training.

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https://thelastmile.org/

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Record Industry promoter and manager Bill Underwood was given a life sentence for some old charges under the newly minted draconian laws of the war on drugs. His daughter Ebony Underwood eventually made it her life's work to gather the voices of other survivors of parental incarceration to affect change.

To learn more and get involved, visit:

https://www.wegotusnow.org/donate

https://www.ebonyunderwood.info/

https://inprison.net/

https://www.change.org/p/president-trump-30-years-is-too-long-free-our-father-william-underwood

https://underwoodlegacyfund.com/

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James Anderson and Jason discuss the shortcomings of public defense, sentencing disparities, and the RAND Corporation's work on racial equity in our criminal legal system.

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One look at the usual dysfunction of our criminal legal system drew the attention and weight of this driven financier and philanthropist to engage and strategize for the biggest return on investment.

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https://www.galaxygives.com/

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Katie Schaffer teams up with Jason to discuss educating prisoners, bail reform and making our penal system more humane.

To learn more and get involved, visit:

https://www.communityalternatives.org/

https://envisionfreedom.org/

https://justiceandopportunity.org/

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Kris Brown, President of Brady United chats with Jason about the impact of gun violence, the NRA and the legacy of Jim and Sarah Brady.

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https://www.bradyunited.org/

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Alex Duran joins Jason to share with us his transformation from inmate to criminal justice reformer. He now manages a $20 million annual fund on behalf of Galaxy Gives dedicated to ending mass incarceration in the US.

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https://www.galaxygives.com/

https://www.galaxygives.com/fellowship

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DeRay McKesson joins Jason to talk about his journey from school administrator to activist. His work with Campaign Zero is bringing real reforms to police departments all over the country and helping to reduce police violence.

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https://campaignzero.org/

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Alexander McLean joins Jason to talk about his work with Justice Defenders. Justice Defenders is a non-profit that works to provide prisoners and prison officers with legal education, training, and even law degrees to help facilitate legal processes.

To learn more and get involve, visit:

https://www.justice-defenders.org/

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