Social Justice Journalism at UMass Amherst

Social Justice Journalism at UMass Amherst

The University of Massachusetts Amherst course Social Justice Journalism: Mass Incarceration brings prisoners and college students together. Students learn about and report on underrepresented Americans, from inside a place that’s typically tough to get access to – a...

Prison Reform

A recent poll of Massachusetts residents say they’d prefer rehabilitation over punishment when it comes to prison sentences. To talk about this and the ever growing prison population due to the war on drugs and how it unfairly targets minorities, we’ll talk to...

“Prison State” Preview

An upcoming “Frontline” documentary “Prison State” will be airing Tuesday April 29 at 10pm. it takes an intimate look at the cycle of mass incarceration in America and one state’s effort to reverse the trend. On a local level, we’re finding out from...

Detention Diversion Advocacy Program

Guests Rosa Santiago, Dave Strong, Adrienne Williams discuss the work done by Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP) to keep juvenile offenders out of jail.  DDAP currently has programs operating in Springfield and...

3 Strikes Law

Opponents of a controversial proposal to toughen Mass. laws for the jailing of habitual criminals will discuss their concerns with that plan. Our guests include Steve O’Neill, Exec. Dir. for Interstate organizing, EPOCA (Ex-prisoners/Prisoners Organizing for...