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Audio Essay: SENTENCING DOES NOT PROVIDE CLOSURE IN THE KILLING OF AHMAUD ARBERY
Decarcerated - January 14, 2022 05:54 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsAn audio essay about abolition and Ahmaud Arbery. The full readable version can be found on medium.com here: https://bit.ly/Arbery
Huwe Burton: Exonerated After 30 Years
Decarcerated - February 06, 2020 20:15 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsAt 16, Huwe Burton was sentenced to 15 years-to-life for the murder of his mother. Thirty years later he is telling his story of exoneration. Huwe's story was featured on an episode of the HBO series, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Marlon recorded this episode as guest host of the Topeka K....
Pt 2: Denise Coleman: Advocating for Others After 38 Years in Prison
Decarcerated - January 18, 2020 18:57 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings38 years in prison just for riding in a car with some friends. This is part 2 of the Denise Coleman story. Oprah, we need you to get Ms. Coleman on #SuperSoulConversations! Thank you, Niecey for being so open with us, and for sharing your life as a lesson. To learn more about Denise ...
Denise Coleman: Advocating for Others After 38 Years in Prison
Decarcerated - January 10, 2020 13:29 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings38 years in prison just for riding in a car with some friends. That's part of the story of Denise Coleman. Born in Louisiana, and now living in Jackson, Mississippi, Ms. Coleman, is my friend. She is also a leader with the People's Advocacy Institute, and the National Council for Incarcerated ...
Melissa Harris-Perry & Marlon Peterson
Decarcerated - January 06, 2020 19:20 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsOriginally recorded in October 2018, Melissa Harris-Perry, journalist, scholar, and former host of the Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC, sits down with Marlon Peterson. This conversation was apart of the Square One Reimagine Justice Roundtable that took place in Durham, North Carolina. We ...
Halim Flowers: Roaming Free After 22 Years
Decarcerated - November 27, 2019 17:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsOriginally sentenced to a life sentence at 16-years old, Halim Flowers, released after serving 22 years is now breaking barriers. Released in March of 2019, Halim is already a published author, an Echoing Green Fellow...a friend of Kim Kardashian, and he already spoke at Kanye West's Sunday Se...
Roaming Free After 22 Years
Decarcerated - November 27, 2019 17:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsOriginally sentenced to a life sentence at 16-years old, Halim Flowers, released after serving 22 years is now breaking barriers. Released in March of 2019, Halim is already a published author, an Echoing Green Fellow...a friend of Kim Kardashian, and he already spoke at Kanye West's Sunday Se...
Live at the 2019 Smart on Crime Innovations Conference
Decarcerated - November 27, 2019 17:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsTo kick off our final season, the DEcarcerated Podcast was LIVE at the 2019 Smart on Crime Conference held at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC. Some of America's leading criminal legal system experts participated in this conference, and we got a few of them to speak with us backstage....
Abolition is Not Just About How We Dismantle
Decarcerated - August 07, 2019 17:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThe self-proclaimed HBIC (google the urban dictionary), Alicia Garza, principal of the Black Futures Lab that created the Black Census, and co-creator of Black Lives Matter is in rare form in this conversation with Marlon. This episode is not for the thin-skinned. No further description needed...
Chris Wilson: How I Escaped From a Life Sentence in Prison
Decarcerated - May 31, 2019 18:39 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsBefore the age of 17 Chris Wilson's mother was raped by a police officer. His father was murdered. His cousin was killed in front of him. At 17-years old, Chris was sentenced to life in prison for taking a person's life. When he was 19 he decided to create a master plan for his life, and tha...
Naquasia & Turquoise: Honor Rolls and Thriving Beyond Trauma
Decarcerated - May 24, 2019 16:53 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsWow, please have a Kleenex ready for this one. Turquoise Martin and Naquasia Pollard are two women on fire, but, who have also survived the fire. Both are a part of the College and Community Fellowship advocacy training program. Naquasia served a 15 years sentence starting at the age of 19,...
Desmond Meade: Suicidal. Homeless. Leader.
Decarcerated - May 20, 2019 11:43 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsDesmond Meade has been able to lead the charge to restoring the voting rights of 1.4 million Floridians--all formerly incarcerated. This is the largest expansion of voting rights in America in a half century. In this ep Desmond speaks about the time his journey through drug addiction, homeles...
Syrita Steib-Martin: Restoring Justice in Louisiana
Decarcerated - May 10, 2019 19:36 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis is one of the BEST episodes we have ever been apart of, thanks to Syrita Steib-Martin. Syrita, a Lousiana native and founder/executive director of Operation Restoration, is a leading voice in all things criminal justice. After spending her entire 20's in federal prison, Syrita has become ...
Danielle Sered: I Don't Know Anyone Who Invented Violence
Decarcerated - May 06, 2019 15:27 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsJoin host, Marlon Peterson, in this studio-audience episode of Decarcerated, in conversation with Danielle Sered, author of Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair. Recorded at the The Dweck Center of the Brooklyn Public Library on April 10, 2019, Marlon and Daniell...
Leigh Owens: From Rikers Island to the Philly District Attorney's Office
Decarcerated - May 03, 2019 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsHow Leigh Owens go from being an incarcerated person to being a mover and shaker in the political arena? Leigh Owens is the Legislative Director at the SEIU Pennsylvania State Council. He is also the Director of Community Engagement at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, under Larry...
Darren Mack: Return of the Mack
Decarcerated - August 17, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsDarren Mack was sentenced to a term of 20-40 years in prison when he was 17-years old. Now at 43-years old Darren is one of the lead organizers of the effort to close New York City’s Rikers Island. In this episode he talks about having an older brother serve 32 years in prison, and having a brot...
Marcus McAllister: From Suge Knight to Cure Violence
Decarcerated - August 10, 2018 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsYou are in for a treat! MARCUS McAllister drops a freestyle, speaks about his work as international peace trainer, his ties to Suge Knight and the “real’ Rick Ross, and drops statistics about violence reduction in some of areas of the world where violence is an epidemic--all in one episode. Hea...
Richard Wallace: From Chicago Hip Hop Artist to Equity And Transformation
Decarcerated - August 04, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsRichard ‘Epic’ Wallace’s first claim to fame was that Chance the Rapper used to open up for hip hop crew, BBU (Bin Laden Blowin’ Up). Trust me, I know, because he got me into the V.I.P sectio...
Mbongiseni Mdakane’s Long Walk to Freedom in South Africa (Part II)
Decarcerated - July 27, 2018 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsMbongiseni ‘Bongi’ Mdakane was sentenced to 22 years in prison, and now he is a PhD candidate at the University of South Africa. We talk about what it’s like being on parole in South Africa, and barriers to employment. We also get to hear about his organization, Inside-out, Outside-in. ...
Mbongiseni Mdakane’s Long Walk to Freedom in South Africa (Part I)
Decarcerated - July 20, 2018 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsMbongiseni ‘Bongi’ Mdakane was sentenced to 22 years in prison, and now he is a PhD candidate at the University of South Africa. We talk about growing up in Soweto, the conditions of South African prisons, the gang structures in prisons he lived in, and the stigma of a record. This episode wa...
DEcarcerated Podcast presents: DEcarcerated Friends, featuring author and activist Darnell L. Moore
Decarcerated - July 18, 2018 21:09 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsMarlon, host of the Decarcerated Podcast, sits down with author and Black Lives Matter activist, Darnell L. Moore...with a splash of White Hennessy. Listen as Darnell answers the question, "What does a world without prisons look like?" He will also speak about the details of his new memoir, "No ...
The Brilliance of Michelle Jones: 20 Years in Prison
Decarcerated - July 13, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsMichelle Jones, is an NYU Ph.d candidate who spent 20 years in Indiana state prisons. Michelle is a formerly incarcerated historian who’s going to blown away. She’s here to share the brilliance of her research around the history of Indiana prison, how she enrolled in NYU less than a year aft...
Valencia Gunder: Mayor of Liberty City, Miami
Decarcerated - July 06, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsIf you’ve been to Miami and haven’t heard of Valencia Gunder, you haven’t been to Miami. Known as Vee, she talks about going to jail for college tuition. That’s right college tuition! She raises awareness about being detained and not having access to feminine hygiene products. Valencia is mode...
Lords of the Underground (Scholars)
Decarcerated - June 29, 2018 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsShalita Williams, David Murillo, Clint Terrell, and David Maldonado are formerly incarcerated, Oakland-based academics on the rise. Danny was interviewed by Oprah for a recent 60 Minutes segment about solitary confinement. This makes the the second person on Decarcerated who has been in the sam...
Jim St. Germain: Dropping Haitian Jewels of Hope PT. 2
Decarcerated - June 22, 2018 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsIn part II of Marlon’s conversation with Jim St. Germain, Jim speaks about his transition from juvenile prison back to his Brooklyn community. He talks about the formation of his organization, Prepared Leaders of Tomorrow (PLOT), and his interactions with President Obama. More informat...
Jim St. Germain: Dropping Haitian Jewels of Hope PT. 1
Decarcerated - June 17, 2018 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis episode is so good that we stretch it into two parts. You’ll need time digest all the jewels of knowledge and analysis of the conditions behind the hurt that affects Black people in poor communities. A Hatian immigrant, Jim speaks about his trauma as a child navigating Brooklyn as a teen in...
Shaka Senghor: Writing a New Life
Decarcerated - June 08, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsShaka Senghor is one the few people who Oprah Winfrey publicly admires. He is a NY Times Bestselling author for his book, Writing My Wrongs: “Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison.” His TED Talk has amassed over 1.5 million views, and his television show, Released, airs on the OWN N...
Nobody Messing with The Pink Panther Clique
Decarcerated - June 01, 2018 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis episode features Jamila T. Davis, Aisha Hall, and Sunshine Smith-Williams—THE PINK PANTHER CLIQUE. All three women served time in America federal prisons. Hailing from New York City and Long Island, the three women are self made authors, entrepreneurs, and social media influencers. Be insp...
Season 3 Trailer: A World Without Prisons
Decarcerated - May 25, 2018 07:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsWe’re getting you ready for Season 3 of Decarcerated. Our theme for this Season? A World Without Prisons. More information this episode of Decarcerated: The Root, How the Legacy and Influence of Combat Jack Lives On in These Black Podcasts: https://www.theroot.com/how-the-...
Lucinda Cross: The Journey of a QUEEN BOSS
Decarcerated - December 29, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsLucinda Cross, known as the Chief Activator, is the CEO of Activate Worldwide,and founder of Activate Your Life 501c3. Born and raised in the Bronx, NY Lucinda eventually spent four years in federal prison for involvement in the drug game. Since her release from prison in 2000, her span of infl...
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