This award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and to chronicle the progress ground-up efforts have made in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, adoption of technology and other crucial aspects of the move toward decarceration at local levels.
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episode 1: 70 Million S1 Trailer
70 million Americans older than 18 have a criminal record. 70 Million documents how residents and communities are taking up the challenge of reforms, one jail--and story--at a time. We’ll travel around the country to learn about local efforts in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, and specialty courts--all with the goal of lessening the impact of jails on communities. (This podcast is made possible by a grant from the Safety and Justice Challenge at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.)
Host: Mitzi Miller
Editor: Jen Chien
Sound Designer: Luis Gil
Associate Producer: Oluwakemi Aladesuyi
Marketing Specialist: Kate Krosschell
Resource Guide Writer: Amy Alexander
Design Director: Kenia D. Serrette
Creator & Executive Producer: Juleyka Lantigua-Williams