023 Top Priority | Mark Holden on Criminal Justice Reform

Show: 023 Top Priority Podcast | Mark Holden on Criminal Justice Reform 

Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy 

Guest: Mark Holden, Senior Vice President, Stand Together and Board member of Americans for Prosperity  

Why does Mark Holden care about Criminal Justice Reform? min [6:20] Mark Starts his career as a prison guard and now finds himself advocating for CJR with Snoop Dog | Koch Industries’ Prison Reform Warrior min [17:01] . . . solutions are possible if – together – we embrace the wisdom of Frederick Douglass, which for years has guided our organization’s efforts in public policy: “I would unite with anybody to do right, and with nobody to do wrong. min [21:21] How serious are the unintended consequences of Overcriminalization? min [30:14] Mark’s good friend Alice Marie Johnson min [36:11] 

Additional Resources  

Families Against Mandatory Minimums – FAMM Reason Foundation Mark Holden issues a celebratory statement on the first anniversary of the First Step Act Adversaries, Mark Holden and Van Jones, unite to achieve historic criminal justice reform Ep 002 Top Priority | Overcriminalization & Criminal Justice Reform Ep 003 Top Priority | Policing & Criminal Justice Reform Ep 004 Top Priority | Qualified Immunity & Criminal Justice Reform Ep 006 Top Priority | The Trial Process & Criminal Justice Reform Ep 009 Top Priority | The Sentencing Process & Criminal Justice Reform Ep 011 Top Priority | The Prison and Reentry Process & Criminal Justice Reform Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent by Harvey Silverglate How to Become a Federal Criminal: An Illustrated Handbook for the Aspiring Offender by Mike Chase Radly Balko’s WaPo piece Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko