A podcast series that investigates the heavy use of incarceration as a response to the harms of crime. Season one explores how many incarcerated people seek to atone for their misdeeds, despite the challenging conditions in prison. Season two follows a group of prosecutors as they travel inside the walls to learn what it means to be convicted of a violent crime, and to try to overcome the challenges of incarceration.
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Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Long prison sentences for violent crimes have made the United States the most punitive nation in history. And it is prosecutors who secure the convictions that generate those long prison terms.
But what do prosecutors know about what happens to those they convict? What might happen if a group of prosecutors went inside the walls, and talked to prisoners about the heavy use of incarceration as a response to violence? What can they learn from each other, and what can we learn from listening in?
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