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A podcast about radically re-imagining America's criminal justice system

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A picture of Jeffrey Bellin. Mr. Bellin was Joshua B. Hoe's guest for Episode 137 of the Decarceration Nation Podcast and the author of the book "Mass Incarceration Nation."
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137 Jeffrey Bellin – Mass Incarceration

February 27, 2023

Joshua B. Hoe interviews Jeffrey Bellin about his book “Mass Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons […]

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122 Scott Hechinger – Bail Reform NY

February 21, 2022

Joshua B. Hoe interviews Scott Hechinger about bail reform in New York. Full Episode My Guest: Scott Hechinger Scott Hechinger […]

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118 Eric Reinhart – Carceral COVID

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022

Joshua B. Hoe interviews Eric Reinhart about COVID in prisons and jails. Full Episode My Guest: Eric Reinhart Eric Reinhart […]

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113 Nneka Jones Tapia

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Joshua B. Hoe interviews Dr. Nneka Jones-Tapia about her work with Chicago Beyond and her time as the warden of […]

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92 Mika Weinstein and Leslie Soble

January 25, 2021

Joshua B. Hoe interviews Mika Weinstein and Leslie Soble about food in prison Full Episode My Guests: Mika Weinstein and […]

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Episode 91 Bruce Western and Emily Wang
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91 Bruce Western and Emily Wang

January 18, 2021January 21, 2021

Joshua B. Hoe interviews Bruce Western and Emily Wang about COVID in prisons and jails. Full Episode My Guests Bruce […]

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Do We Really Need a Bigger Jail?

June 3, 2019May 30, 2019

Building a bigger jail rarely fixes ANY of the real reasons why our jails have serious problems.

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Decarceration Nation Episode 4: Cash Bail

May 12, 2018December 20, 2020

Josh and Joel discuss America’s unjust, and racially disparate, system of Cash Bail. Full Episode https://audio.simplecast.com/08bf6cfb.mp3 Notes From Episode 4 […]

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Recent Episodes

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