Century of Lies
06/03/20 Eddie Bocanegra
The Council on Criminal Justice’s Task Force on Federal Priorities recently released a report entitled “Next Steps: An Agenda for Federal Action on Safety and Justice.” We hear from two Task Force members, Eddie Bocanegra, Senior Director of READI Chicago, and Nancy LaVigne, Vice President for Justice Policy at the Urban Institute. Plus, the Oregon Legislature’s Interim House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on COVID-19 within the state’s prison system. We hear from two of the witnesses, Bobbin Singh, executive director of the Oregon Justice Resource Center, and Tim Woolery, Oregon AFSCME Council 75 Corrections Coordinator.
Guest(s): Eddie Bocanegra
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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05/27/20 Tony Duffin
This week on Century of Lies: the impact of COVID-19 on the provision of services to people who use drugs. This week on Century: How COVID-19 is shaping the future of drug services in Europe, featuring: Tony Duffin, CEO of the Ana Liffey Drug Project in Dublin, Ireland; Mat Southwell, a Partner at CoAct Expertise in Drug Use and HIV, located in Bath, England, and a Project Manager with the European Network of People Who Use Drugs; and Phaedon Kaloterakis, President of the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities.
Guest(s): Tony Duffin
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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05/20/20 Dr. Rashawn Ray
The COVID crisis is having a particularly deadly impact within the criminal justice system. Unfortunately systems are slow to change, institutional inertia and the unwillingness of policymakers to do the right thing - quite literally a deadly combination. On this week's Century we hear from a panel of experts including Dr. Rashawn Ray from the University of Maryland and the Brookings Institution; Dr. Annelies Goger, also with the Brookings Institution; Marcus Bullock, founder and CEO of Flikshop; and Marc Schindler, executive director of the Justice Policy Institute.
Guest(s): Dr. Rashawn Ray
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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05/13/20 Doug Fine
This week on Century, it's part two of our conversation with Doug Fine, the farmer, hemp activist, journalist, and author whose new book American Hemp Farmer has just been released by Chelsea Green Publishing; plus we hear from Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, on human rights and the drug war.
Guest(s): Doug Fine
Organization(s): Institute for Policy Studies
Link(s): Institute for Policy Studies
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05/06/20 Doug Fine
This week on Century of Lies, part one of our conversation with the journalist, hemp activist and farmer Doug Fine. We talk about hemp, renewable agriculture, farming, CBD, and Doug's new book American Hemp Farmer. Plus we hear from Louis L. Reed, national organizer for #Cut50, on COVID in prisons.
Guest(s): Doug Fine
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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04/29/20 Eunice Cho
This week on Century of Lies: Penal Reform International’s Director of Policy and International Advocacy Olivia Rope with an overview of PRI’s new report Global Prison Trends 2020, and ACLU National Prison Project Senior Staff Attorney Eunice Cho discusses COVID-19 threats to detention center and prison populations.
Guest(s): Eunice Cho
Organization(s): ACLU
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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04/22/20 Lorenzo Jones
This week on Century of Lies, a discussion about COVID-19 and jails, specifically Rikers Island in New York, featuring Marcus Brown, an individual recently released from Rikers; New York State Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley; Tahanee Dunn, Prisoner Rights Attorney with the Bronx Defenders Prisoners' Rights Project; Corey Stoughton, Attorney-In-Charge of Special Litigation at the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, NY; Lorenzo Jones, Co-Executive Director of the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice; and Vincent Schiraldi, Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University's Justice Lab.
Guest(s): Lorenzo Jones
Organization(s): Katal Center for Health
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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04/15/20 Mitch Earleywine
This week we hear part of a surprisingly deep conversation with SUNY-Albany psychology professor Mitch Earleywine, PhD.
Guest(s): Mitch Earleywine
Link(s): Mitch Earleywine Page, Mitch's youtube channel
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04/08/20 Mitch Earleywine
This week on Century: Doctor Mitch Earleywine on alcohol addiction, treatment, and recovery, plus a conversation with the comedian, journalist, and activist Ngaio Bealum.
Guest(s): Mitch Earleywine
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Dr, Earleywine Course/YouTube Link, Dr. Earelywine User Account
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04/01/20 Jumaane Williams
This week on Century of Lies: Prisons, jails, and pandemic. In this time of pandemic, correctional institutions are like Petri dishes in which the novel coronavirus COVID-19 grows and spreads. Public health experts and criminal justice advocates around the nation are demanding that jails and prisons release some of the people being held behind bars in order to stop or at least slow the spread of this deadly disease. The organization Just Leadership USA recently held a web seminar on COVID-19 and the New York City jail on Riker’s Island. We hear portions of that seminar on today’s show, including: Jumaane Williams, Public Advocate for the City of New York; Doctor Bobby Cohen, member of the New York City Board of Correction; Marlene Aloe, whose son is being held on Rikers Island awaiting a retrial; Janet, whose son is being held on Rikers awaiting sentencing; and Tahanee Dunn from Bronx Public Defenders. We also hear from Nick Turner, president and director of the Vera Institute of Justice.
Guest(s): Jumaane Williams
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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