Decarcerated
57 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsHosted by Ebony Magazine Power 100 honoree, Marlon Peterson, Decarcerated highlights the journeys of success of people who has spent time in prison. In America there are over 68 million people with a criminal conviction. Decarcerated will tell you their stories of success.
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Hernan Carvente
May 26, 2017 12:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBIn this episode, Hernan Carvente speaks about developing a drinking habit at the age of 8-years old as a response to domestic violence, to joining a gang, to going to prison at 16, to being a national leader in juvenile justice reform. And, he identifies as a feminist, y'all!!!! Yes! Hernan is a Program Analyst at the Vera Institute of Justice, where he works on program development, improving conditions of confinement, and incorporating youth and family partnerships in facility-based a...
Reginald Dwayne Betts
May 19, 2017 12:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBReginald Dwayne Betts on Using Writing for Truth- Reginald Dwayne Betts is the author and poet who has written a memoir and two books of poetry. In this episode, he tells us about his commitment to writing when inside, his journey to Yale Law School, and the importance of fuller narratives. Listen as Betts explains valuable lessons he has learned, from ridding shame to reformulating life. To find out more about Dwayne Betts, follow him on Twitter: @dwaynebetts, or check out his websit...
Vivian Nixon: A Journey from Drugs & Prison to Oprah & Michelle Obama
May 12, 2017 12:00 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBIn this episode Vivian Nixon speaks about her experiences with substance misuse, to being a leader amongst men, to hanging out with Michelle Obama and Oprah. Vivian Nixon is Executive Director of College and Community Fellowship, an organization committed to removing barriers to higher education for women with criminal record histories and their families. She is a Columbia University Community Scholar and a recipient of the John Jay Medal for Justice, the Ascend Fellowship at the Aspen Insti...
Cory Greene is Seeking Social Justice through Scholarship and Being Authentic to the Hood
May 05, 2017 12:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBCory Greene is the co-founder of H.O.L.L.A! (How Our Lives Link Altogether, an Echoing Green Fellow, and a Ph. D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. Cory also happened to spend over six years in prison. A native of Queens, NY via Jackson, Mississippi, Cory speaks about his mom who was drug addicted, to being a father from prison, to graduating from NYU, to being featured in the critically-acclaimed Netflix documentary, 13th, directed by Ava Duvernay. To find out more about Cory chec...
Eddy Zheng, Asian Pacific Islanders, & 21 Years in Prison
April 16, 2017 19:49 - 1 hour - 40.4 MB"Happy New Breath." Eddy Zheng starts all his conversations with those words, and in this episode he will explain why. Eddy is a Asian Pacific Islander based in Oakland who spent 21-years in prison. His journey from China to San Quentin to bouts with obtaining citizenship are documented in the critically-acclaimed documentary about his life, Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story. Eddy speaks about his being a 16-year old in California prisons, spending 11-months in solitary confinement, his fa...
Glenn Martin is Closing Rikers Island
April 16, 2017 19:07 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MBThere is a plan to close New York City's most infamous jail, Rikers Island, in 10 years, and Glenn E. Martin is a huge reason why. Glenn, a Brooklyn native with West Indian roots, is the founder and president of JustLeadership USA, which is dedicated to cutting the US correctional population in half by 2030. In this episode (recorded just three weeks before NYC Mayor De Blasio announced to close Rikers Island) Glenn speaks about his upbringing as a young boy in BedStuy, Brooklyn, race, his...
Donna Hylton & Her Journey of 27 Years in Prison
April 16, 2017 18:49 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBDonna Hylton is my hero. Donna spent 27 years in prison, and since her release in 2012 she has become a leading human rights activist. She was a featured speaker at the Women's MArch in Washington, DC, and will have a movie made about her life, starring Rosario Dawson. In this deeply sensitive episode, Donna tells us about her journey from Jamaica, WI as a nine-year-old girl, to her experiences with abuse, to her advocacy during her incarceration in New York State's Bedford Hills Prison. ...