Each show we discuss a topic in the American criminal justice system and try to explain what it is and how it works.

Hosts

Josie Duffy Rice: A senior strategist with The Justice Collaborative and a Senior Reporter with The Appeal. Josie is a lawyer and writer living in Atlanta. Most of my work focuses on the impact that prosecutors have on communities in America, particularly for poor people and people of color.

Clint Smith: A writer, a Ph.D. student living in DC who has spent a lot of time teaching in prisons and his research is centered on putting our system of criminal justice in a larger historical context.