In this week’s State of Criminal Justice we’ll cover the debate over increasing crime, a settlement for a Black family attacked by police, and abolitionist protests outside the Met Gala. In our New Ground segment, we’ll cover an inspiring effort to connect supportive communities with people behind bars – through literature.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover a lawsuit against a notoriously biased DA, how self-harm increases behind bars, and police collecting social media accounts. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll learn about the charges against Jackie Johnson, the DA accused of mishandling the Ahmaud Arbery case.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover an anti-vax police officer’s sudden death, Hurricane Ida anti-looting police, and charges in the killing of Elijah McClain. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll hear about posthumous pardons for the Martinsville Seven.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how a police officer has killed yet another bystander, a jail used unapproved drugs on prisoners, and Chicago police went against a school’s wishes. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss a huge win for people fighting for voting rights in North Carolina.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how policing is making the pandemic worse, Biden carrying out anti-Black Trump-era policy, and the failure to end qualified immunity. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll talk about efforts to get police out of public libraries.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how a former rapper is fighting his imprisonment, the criminalization of not being vaccinated, and a bipartisan effort to fight defunding the police. In our New Ground segment, we’ll learn about young people fighting back against juvenile prison facilities in Chicago.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover an FBI plan to exploit women staffers, how police killings are getting worse, and that the Phoenix PD is under investigation. In our New Ground segment, we’ll be telling you the story of Curtis Crosland, a Black man who was freed from prison after three long decades.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how tech designed to detect gunshots is being abused by police, a Democrat campaign to attack “defund the police,” and prosecutors ignoring orders on immigration. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll also talk about the fundraising efforts of Georgia Moms United.

In this week’s edition, we’ll cover Lil Nas X’s efforts to support a bail fund, the fight to free Keith Davis Jr., and a police brutality rampage in Toronto. Also, in our New Ground segment we’ll discuss an important pilot program in New York that’s increasing non-police responses to emergencies.

In this week’s edition, we’re discussing police ties to the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse, how Muslims are underserved by prison chaplains, and the sentencing of police who beat a fellow Black officer. In our New Ground segment, we’ll tell you about a new group called Georgia Moms United that’s coming together to fight injustice.