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Join cohost Emma Lugo this Monday on Prison Pipeline for a conversation with
Alex Wright, Co-founder and Executive Director of Level, a groundbreaking
nonprofit that’s transforming access to prison education across the United
States.
While only a small percentage of ...
Prison Pipeline – Monday, October 6th at 6:30 PM
This week on Prison Pipeline, join host Emma Lugo for a conversation with
Robin Davidson and Kirk Charlton of Better Neighbors, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to providing programming and educational opportunities
to ...
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Justice As Healing.
In Massachusetts, a coalition of advocacy organizations is working to oppose
Governor Maura Healey's proposed $360 million prison complex at
MCI-Framingham. They’re calling for an immediate action to stop
construct...
Adam Carpinelli interviews Talilo Marfil and Mic Crenshaw. The two
interviewees will discuss a recently co-produced song with incarcerated youth
titled "No Ceilings" that was released in summer 2025 and made possible
through a youth music program called Keys, Beats, Bar...
On this special podcast edition of Prison Pipeline: The Harm Reduction Debate
Continues.
The Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance
Use and Recovery held a public hearing September 15 on the subject of harm
reduction. Six bills were bein...
Host Karen James speaks with Alyssa Walker Keller, coordinator with Portland
Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) and Jessica Montoya with Oregon for All
about coalition building and networking for immigration justice. As Oregon
faces potential federal action from the Trum...
This Monday, September 8th at 6:30pm, Prison Pipeline co-host Emma Lugo will
be speaking with Angela Kim of the Oregon Justice Resource Center’s
Women’s Justice Project.
Angela is a former critical care nurse who spent more than 15 years in the
medical field before bein...
Host Karen James speaks with Alyssa Walker Keller, coordinator with Portland
Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) and Jessica Montoya with Oregon for All
about coalition building and networking for immigration justice. As Oregon
faces potential federal action from the Trum...
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Opposing the Imaginary National Emergency
on Crime.
Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Joshua Hoe, Senior Policy
Manager at Dream.org, to discuss crime, deterrence, police, and the federal
occupation of US cities.
Adam Carpinelli interviews Elias Moreno-Lothe with I Am We
Advocacy, dedicated to deep community partnerships and advocacy for our
youth as dreamers, artists, leaders, educators and activists. Discussion
also focuses on Ascending Flow Youth Organization.
More informat...
This week on Prison Pipeline, co-host Emma Lugo sits down with Mark Wilson
and Go-La Vann of Portland, Oregon, for a compelling conversation about the
urgent need for comprehensive substance abuse counseling and the dramatic
changes in rehabilitation program access since...
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Prison Gerrymandering. Host Doug McVay is
joined in conversation by Mike Wessler, Communications Director with the
Prison Policy Initiative, to discuss the impacts of prison gerrymandering and
efforts to resolve these concerns.
Host Karen James speaks with Janie Gullickson, Executive Director, and John
Karp-Evans, Deputy Director, Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon
(MHAAO). While the Oregon Legislature has in recent years provided funding
for mental health & addiction treatment and...
Adam Carpinelli interviews Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp with Bridgeworks
Oregon. Bridgeworks Oregon partners with individuals and groups to run
programs that focus on well-being and education by using art, music, and
cultural awareness to bridge societal divisions in O...
Host Emma Lugo is joined in conversation with Leah Montange and Meredith
Ruff, hosts of the In-care-ceration podcast.
In-care-ceration is a documentary audio series/podcast about how
Washington’s so-called mental health system is entangled with the carceral
system. How ...
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Criminal Injustice. Host Doug McVay is
joined in conversation by Troshawn McCoy. Mr. McCoy was one of the so-called
“Marquette Park Four” who back in the 1990s were framed by Chicago Police
for crimes they did not commit, for which he ...
Host Emma Lugo is joined in conversation by Loren Naldoza, Public Policy
Advocate at the Oregon Food Bank, to discuss housing and the Supreme Court
case Johnson v Grants Pass.
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: From Prison to Palestine: $17.74.
Host Emma Lugo is joined in conversation with Justin Mashouf and Hamzah
Furqani to discuss the new documentary $17.74.
In the documentary $17.74, young filmmaker Justin Mashouf follows the
transforma...
As the Trump administration seeks to dehumanize, terrorize and criminalize
our immigrant communities, organizations are mobilizing in solidarity to
protect and empower people targeted by ICE, U.S. Immigration & Customs
Enforcement. Host Karen James speaks with Karla Cast...