This Week On MNN

Join us this week as we bring you conversations about our Criminal Justice system with judges, lawyers, and community leaders dedicated to making a difference. 

Fortune Society's Both Sides of the Bars examines the legal system from various perspectives including from the perspective of those most impacted by the criminal justice system. Fortune Society Associate VP Andre Ward is joined by Vincent Schiraldi who is the Co-director of Columbia University's Justice Lab to discuss the Less is More Community Supervision Revocation Reform Act. The act was developed by people on parole, people currently incarcerated, family members, Justice Lab at Columbia, The Legal Aid Society and more.

On this special bilingual episode of La Verdad Internacional, host Juan Carlos Salcedo sits with University of North Carolina Professor Frank Schmalleger to examine the causes of crime. Professor Schmalleger, is an international expert in criminology and the author of countless criminal science books. Join them as they share objective information about criminal justice and prevention. 

Join MNN for this episode of BronxNet TV’s, Bronx Social Justice & Anti-Violence Forum. BronxNet started these forums to help create a deeper understanding of the issues and inequities surrounding social justice and violence. On this episode host Daren Jaime discusses these issues with the Founding Partner of Haicken Law PLLC, Matthew Haicken, Founder of the Green Bronx Machine, Stephen Ritz, Bronx Developmental Disabilities Council Vice President, Omayra Andino, and Family Vice President, Edie Weber. 

Watch these important MNN programs beginning Sunday, December 27 at 1:00PM and again on Wednesday, December 30 at 7:00PM on MNN HD (Spectrum 1993).