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Nearly 53,000 youth are held in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile or criminal justice involvement. Nearly 1 in 10 is held in an adult jail or prison. To discuss these issues – and others -- BSOTB welcomes Jim Saint Germain, founder and chair of Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow (PLOT), a...

The commercialization of our correctional institutions has created a system of exploitation and injustice.  “Both Sides Of The Bars” host Khalil Cumberbatch and Bianca Tylek, who directs the Corrections Accountability Project at the Urban Justice Center, discuss the issue and potential solutions.

A global look at mass incarceration, solitary confinement, the war on drugs, and prison privatization featuring host Khalil Cumberbatch and Baz Dreisinger, Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and author of Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World.

How can organizations outside of the criminal justice sphere work to reduce mass incarceration and promote a fairer justice system? Roy Waterman, Criminal Justice Manager at Jewish Council for Public Affairs, discusses the issue with host and Fortune's Associate Vice President of Policy Khalil...

How can Airbnb better accommodate individuals with justice involvement? Marlon Peterson, founder of The Precedential Group, a social-justice consulting firm, joins host Khalil A. Cumberbatch to discuss the company's exclusionary policies.

Host Khalil A. Cumberbatch chats with criminal immigration specialist Casey Dalporto from The Legal Aid Society about how ICE’s practices under the Trump Administration are hurting undocumented immigrant communities.

Host Khalil Cumberbatch interviews Jeff Grant, Executive Director of Family ReEntry Inc. and co-founder of Progressive Prison Ministries, and Michelle Miles, a career advisor at The Fortune Society, who draw from their personal and professional experiences to discuss the difficulties people face...

Host Khalil Cumberbatch interviews Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.

They talk about how financial incentives drive many of the policies that perpetuate mass incarceration. How is the privatization of our criminal justice system impacting...

In this episode, Both Sides of the Bars welcomes Carmen Perez, the Executive Director of The Gathering for Justice, a non-profit founded by legendary artist and activist Harry Belafonte. Carmen has crossed the globe promoting peace through civil and human rights, building alternatives to...