Reentry Radio
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsReentry Radio is the official podcast of the John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity (formerly known as the Prisoner Reentry Institute).
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Episodes
Staff and Student Conversation: Kenny and Labre
July 15, 2021 19:03 - 11 minutes - 8.46 MBIn the latest episode of Reentry Radio, Reentry Specialist Kenny Inniss speaks with Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP) alum Labre Fulcher about his experiences in P2CP, getting involved in theater, working in reentry after his release, and more.
Student and Staff Conversation: Richard & Amy Pt. II
April 16, 2021 15:13 - 10 minutes - 19.7 MBIn the latest episode of reentry radio, Intake and Supportive Services Manager Amy Wald speaks with Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP) alum Richard Lazarini about his experiences in P2CP, continuing college in the community, the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.
Student and Staff Conversation: Richard & Amy
March 11, 2021 20:38 - 18 minutes - 35 MBIn the latest episode of reentry radio, Intake and Supportive Services Manager Amy Wald (R) speaks with Prison-to-College Pipeline alum Richard Lazarini (L) about his experiences taking classes while incarcerated, working with College Initiative to resume his education in the community, and using everything he learned to launch a new business.
Student & Counselor Conversation: Dorphus & Ayiisha
December 15, 2020 14:55 - 13 minutes - 24.1 MBIn this episode, College Initiative (CI) Academic Counselor Ayiisha Ferrell speaks with her student Dorphus Williams about his experiences in CI and his recent graduation from City Tech.
Student & Counselor Conversation: Dorphus & Ayiisha
December 15, 2020 14:55 - 13 minutes - 24.1 MBIn this episode, College Initiative (CI) Academic Counselor Ayiisha Ferrell speaks with her student Dorphus Williams about his experiences in CI and his recent graduation from City Tech.
Student & Staff Conversation: Lateef & Katie
November 16, 2020 01:55 - 15 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode, the Institute's Communications & Development Associate, Katie Beiter, speaks with Lateef Sanders, a member of the College Initiative (CI) community and a recent graduate of Brooklyn College, about his experiences in CI, his past, the challenges of COVID-19, and more.
Student & Counselor Conversation: Mimi & Desiree
October 19, 2020 01:38 - 12 minutes - 9.35 MBIn this episode, former College Initiative (CI) Academic Counselor Desiree Gomez speaks with her student Mimi Pascual about her experiences in CI and her recent graduation from City College of New York.
Student & Counselor Conversation: Freddy & Kombeh
September 18, 2020 13:49 - 10 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode, College Initiative (CI) Academic Counselor Kombeh Jobe speaks with Freddy Jacobs about his experiences in CI and his recent graduation from City College.
Student & Counselor Conversation: Charles & Ayiisha
August 11, 2020 17:30 - 8 minutes - 5.99 MBIn this episode, College Initiative (CI) Academic Counselor Ayiisha Ferrell speaks with Charles Clink about his experiences in CI and his recent graduation from the NYU Silver School of Social Work.
Navigating Employment Discrimination
December 06, 2019 21:48 - 14 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this episode of Reentry Radio, PRI talks to Melissa Ader, a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society's Worker Justice Project, about conviction-related employment discrimination and the steps New York has taken to combat it with the Fair Chance Act. Passed in 2015, this act levels the playing field for justice-involved individuals “because it pushes the criminal record inquiry until after the person gets a job offer,” according to Melissa. Justice-involved individuals, however, still face d...
8. Navigating Employment Discrimination
December 06, 2019 21:48 - 14 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this episode of Reentry Radio, PRI talks to Melissa Ader, a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society's Worker Justice Project, about conviction-related employment discrimination and the steps New York has taken to combat it with the Fair Chance Act. Passed in 2015, this act levels the playing field for justice-involved individuals “because it pushes the criminal record inquiry until after the person gets a job offer,” according to Melissa. Justice-involved individuals, however, still face d...
The Mentor-Mentee Relationship
November 06, 2019 16:25 - 8 minutes - 15.9 MBIn the latest of episode of Reentry Radio, former College Initiative mentoring coordinator, Alejo Rodriguez, discusses the mentor-mentee relationship. Rodriguez highlights the emphasis on compassion, empathy, and respect in eliminating the top-down structure typical for mentor-mentee relationships to best support justice-involved individuals seeking higher education. He argues that, in these types of relations, there is mutual reward and satisfaction along with a certain level of authenticity...
Memoir as Justice
October 10, 2019 19:56 - 19 minutes - 37 MBOver the course of several months, students in PRI's College Initiative (CI) program participated in a memoir writing program with , a writing program that uses a trauma-informed approach to bring workshops to incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and justice-involved individuals. In this episode, we speak with Jessica Hall, the founder and executive director of Prison Writes, and Brenneis Nesbitt, a CI student who participated in the memoir writing workshop.
College Initiative StoryCorps Interviews -- Part V: El Sun
September 13, 2019 20:04 - 9 minutes - 17 MBPRI’s College Initiative (CI) program partnered with the , which works to preserve and amplify the voices of individuals directly impacted by mass incarceration. In this episode, El Sun discusses the struggles he faced growing up and his experiences pursuing education during and after incarceration.
College Initiative StoryCorps Interviews -- Part IV: Victor and Tomas
August 22, 2019 16:51 - 14 minutes - 27.6 MBPRI's College Initiative (CI) program partnered with the , which works to preserve and amplify the voices of individuals directly impacted by mass incarceration. Through a workshop with the Justice Project, CI students Tomas (above, left) and Victor (above, right) interviewed each other about their experiences pursuing education before, during, and after incarceration.
College Initiative StoryCorps Interviews -- Part III: Carlos and Derek
July 15, 2019 20:30 - 9 minutes - 18.3 MBPRI's College Initiative (CI) program partnered with the , which works to preserve and amplify the voices of individuals directly impacted by mass incarceration. Through a workshop with the Justice Project, CI staff member Carlos Quintana (above, left) interviewed CI student Derek about his experiences taking college classes while incarcerated, experiencing the elimination of Pell grants for incarcerated students, and continuing his education through CI after his release.
College Initiative StoryCorps Interviews -- Part II: Liz and LaStar
June 19, 2019 14:35 - 5 minutes - 10.6 MBIn 2017, PRI's College Initiative (CI) program partnered with the , which works to preserve and amplify the voices of individuals directly impacted by mass incarceration. Through a workshop with the Justice Project, CI students LaStar (above, left) and Liz (above, right) interviewed each other about their childhood aspirations and their experiences with justice involvement and higher education.
College Initiative StoryCorps Interviews -- Part I: Deivy and Philip
May 03, 2019 16:26 - 20 minutes - 39.2 MBThe Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) at John Jay College partnered with the StoryCorps Justice Project in their mission to amplify the stories of people who have been directly impacted by mass incarceration and the justice system. In this episode, College Initiative students Deivy and Philip discuss their experiences being incarcerated, seeking higher education as a means of refuge, dealing with personal struggles, and finding a sense of community both within and outside the prison walls.
Building Communities, Changing Lives: NYC Justice Corps, Part Two
July 06, 2018 18:53 - 24 minutes - 45.8 MBIn the second episode of our two-part series about the NYC Justice Corps program, we’re bringing you an even closer look at the intricacies of the program’s community benefits project model. On June 28, 2017, the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) released a report entitled Building Communities, Changing Lives: The NYC Justice Corps Community Benefit Projects as part of the Occasional Series on Research in Reentry. At the event, panelists, NYC Justice Corps alumni, and audience members discusse...
Building Communities, Changing Lives: NYC Justice Corps, Part One
May 14, 2018 15:52 - 22 minutes - 41.8 MBSeason Two of Reentry Radio is back! What changes do justice-involved youth want to see in their communities? How can social engagement empower youth as community members? What does it look like when community leaders are committed to holistically supporting youth? In this episode of Reentry Radio, we bring you an inside look at the New York City Justice Corps program, which aims to change the dynamic between justice-involved young adults and the communities in which they live. Through commu...
A Place to Call Home: Part 3
November 01, 2017 20:56 - 59 minutes - 67.5 MBThis episode of Reentry Radio is the conclusion of a special three-part series about housing access and support for people with criminal justice system involvement. On October 27, 2016, the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) held a special event in partnership with The Fortune Society, The Supportive Housing Network of New York, and the Corporation for Supportive Housing. This day-long event, Excluded: A Dialogue on Safe, Supportive, and Affordable Housing for People with Justice System Involve...
A Place to Call Home: Part 2
November 01, 2017 19:02 - 57 minutes - 65.6 MBThis episode of Reentry Radio is part two of a special three-part series about housing access and support for people with criminal justice system involvement. On October 27, 2016, the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) held a special event in partnership with The Fortune Society, The Supportive Housing Network of New York, and the Corporation for Supportive Housing. This day-long event, Excluded: A Dialogue on Safe, Supportive, and Affordable Housing for People with Justice System Involvement, ...
A Place to Call Home: Part 1
November 01, 2017 18:09 - 39 minutes - 44.7 MBThis episode of Reentry Radio is part one of a special three-part series about housing access and support for people with criminal justice system involvement. On October 27, 2016, the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) held a special event in partnership with The Fortune Society, The Supportive Housing Network of New York, and the Corporation for Supportive Housing. This day-long event, Excluded: A Dialogue on Safe, Supportive, and Affordable Housing for People with Justice System Involvement, ...
Reentry Radio: Intimate Partner Violence
November 21, 2016 17:00 - 55 minutes - 63.8 MBThe sixth episode of Reentry Radio comes from the April 2015 Occasional Series session on intimate partner violence. Keynote speaker Louisa Gilbert, LMSW and an Associate Professor at the Columbia School of Social Work, presents her research on WINGS, a computerized intervention that address IPV among clients under community supervision. Discussants at the event included Brenda Davis, Aruna Krishnakumar, Virginia Lasoski-Nepa, and Laurie Leitch. The session was moderated by Ana Bermudez, Comm...
Reentry Radio: Consequences for Communities
October 17, 2016 15:41 - 51 minutes - 58.5 MBThe fifth episode of Reentry Radio comes from the March 5, 2015 Occasional Series session on mass incarceration's consequences on American communities. Keynote speaker Dr. Todd Clear, Provost Rutgers University-Newark presents his research “Predicting Crime through Incarceration: The Impact of Rates of Prison Cycling on Rates of Crime in Communities.” His groundbreaking report explores the question of whether the effects of mass incarceration increases rather than decreases neighborhood crime...
Reentry Radio: Criminal Justice Debt
September 13, 2016 19:02 - 56 minutes - 65.1 MBThe fourth episode of Reentry Radio comes from the PRI's February 2015 Occasional Series on Research in Reentry, Criminal Justice Debt. The event, cosponsored by the Center for Community Alternatives, features Mitali Nagrecha, author of . She is joined by Patricia Warth, David Silva, and Ann Cammett.
Reentry Radio: The Global Overuse of Pretrial Detention
August 10, 2016 15:30 - 51 minutes - 58.7 MBThe third episode of Reentry Radio comes from PRI's December 2014 event featuring Martin Schoenteich, author of Presumption of Guilt: The Global Overuse of Pretrial Detention. Mr. Schoenteich's presentation is followed by comments by David Marshall from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Jose Luis Morin, John Jay College Professor of Latin American Studies. The event was co-sponsored by the Open Society Justice Initiative, United Nations Development Programme, the Ma...
Reentry Radio: Thinking About Racial Disparity
June 30, 2016 16:00 - 51 minutes - 59.4 MBThe second episode of Reentry Radio comes from the October 2014 session of the Occasional Series on Research in Reentry. The event featured Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt, Stanford University Professor and a recent recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant for her work on racial profiling and bias. Dr. Eberhardt is followed by John Jay College Associate Professor Maureen Allwood, John Jay Distinguished Lecturer Marty Horn, and Slate writer Jamelle Bouie.
Reentry Radio: Children of Incarcerated Parents
May 13, 2016 16:59 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBThe inaugural episode of Reentry Radio comes from the September 2014 session of the Occasional Series on Research in Reentry, which focused on children of incarcerated parents. The episode begins with a presentation by Dr. Sara Wakefield, co-author of “The Prison Boom - Mass Incarceration and the Future of American Inequality". Dr. Wakefield is followed by commentary and discussion by a distinguished panel of experts including Jean Kjellstrand, Tanisha Douglas, Tanya Krupat, and Deborah Sills...