Unprisoned: Stories From The System show

Unprisoned: Stories From The System

Summary: From New Orleans and Louisiana, the world’s incarceration capital, we will meet those serving time inside and outside the criminal justice system. 711070

Podcasts:

 This 'Bad Child' Became A Judge With A Passion For Justice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 711

If there’s one person in New Orleans – in the world of criminal justice – that you really ought to meet, it’s this guy.

 Pioneering Female Police Officer Repaired Bonds Through Talent Shows | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 701

“Our uniforms were completely different from the men’s uniforms,” recalls Yvonne Bechet, one of the first female officers in the New Orleans Police Department. “We wore skirts. We wore one-inch heels. We wore the cutest little sailor hats, but it didn’t stay on. And we carried our weapons in a purse."

 Defying The Odds, A Young Woman Recovers From A Childhood Police Trauma | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 658

Dominique Newton is a college sophomore. She’s only 20, but she’s already been through a lot. These days, she’s majoring in political science, with a minor in creative writing. Last time we got together, she was in the middle of writing a 10-page play, and also toting around some comic books.

 Bring Your Own Presents: 'Telling My Parents' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 434

Bring Your Own is a nomadic storytelling series that takes place in unconventional spaces within the community. Each month, eight storytellers have eight minutes to respond to a theme. BYO airs on All Things New Orleans and is a biweekly podcast on WWNO.org. This story was told on July 28th, 2016 at the Homer Plessy Community School, and later produced by Laine Kaplan-Levenson . The theme of the evening was "Heard: Why The Young Feel Old" and the event was in partnership with Eve Abrams’

 Bring Your Own Presents: Leroy's Mission | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 372

Bring Your Own is a nomadic storytelling series that takes place in unconventional spaces within the community. Each month, eight storytellers have eight minutes to respond to a theme. BYO airs on All Things New Orleans and is a biweekly podcast on WWNO.org. This story was told on March 3rd, 2016 at the Michalopolous Studio at a Bring Your Own event in partnership Unprisoned. The story was later produced by Natalie Yahr. The theme of the evening was "Born on Parole". Here, Leroy Perry tells of

 How are the record number of people returning from La. prisons making their way in the world? - 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 597

Louisiana is the incarceration capital of the world. But most people behind bars aren’t locked up forever. In fact, 90 percent of them will someday be released. So that makes Louisiana also the reentry capital of the world-- a role the state is ill-prepared for.

 Bring Your Own Presents: 'Love And Lies In The PO's Eyes' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 511

Bring Your Own is a nomadic storytelling series that takes place in unconventional spaces within the community. Each month, eight storytellers have eight minutes to respond to a theme. BYO airs on All Things New Orleans and is a biweekly podcast on WWNO.org. This story was told on March 3rd , 2016 at the Michalopoulos Studio, and later produced by Laine Kaplan-Levenson . The theme of the evening was 'Born on Parole' and Bruce Reilly talks the trials and tribulations of dating, while on Parole.

 A Family Rallies Around Their Brother As He Leaves Prison Yet Again - 13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 560

In nearly every state, prison populations have exploded -- in large part, because of drug laws and the people, like Manny Hills, who are arrested and incarcerated for those laws. Over the last 25 years, Manny, an addict, has been convicted several times for drug possession and other petty crimes. His story is pretty typical of the people who fill up our nation's prisons.

 As New Orleans Incarcerates More People, More Children Have A Parent Behind Bars - 12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 588

Over the last forty years, as incarceration has surged across the nation, so has the number of children with a family member in prison. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the number of young people with a father in prison rose 500 percent between 1980 and 2000.

 What Does 'Adult' Mean In The Eyes Of The Law? In La., Many People Are Working To Change It - 11 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 565

At all levels of government right now, laws about juveniles are rapidly changing. However, some states, including Louisiana, continue to prosecute and sentence juveniles for sentences of life without parole.

 Security And Discipline In New Orleans Charter Schools Makes Many Students Feel Unsafe - 10 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 560

Asha Lane is an 18-year-old senior at the International High School of New Orleans, a charter high school. Asha wanted to find out why New Orleans charter schools don’t always feel nurturing. We live in a dangerous city, but when does security feel unsafe?

 These young New Orleans dancers want the police to know they are not a threat - 9 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 554

In the last few years, powerful images of police interacting violently with African Americans -- usually men, or teenagers, or even children -- have been on the news, all over the world. In these images, black men are getting shot or choked or hauled away in handcuffs. There are others too, memorial photographs from happier times: of young boys with plump cheeks or wearing graduation caps. Photographs of Eric Garner, John Crawford, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Laquan

 The Listening Post Asks: What Do Jails And Prisons Do? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 611

The Listening Post is back collecting thoughts and experiences from communities around New Orleans on a new series of issues. The past month we’ve been collaborating with Independent radio producer Eve Abrams and her Unprisoned project.

 Jahi Salaam, A Young New Orleans Poet, Raps About Prison, School And Poverty - 8 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 585

“If you grew up struggling, then you my audience,” says Jahi Salaam, an 18-year-old rapper and a poet. Jahi is from New Orleans. His first name, Jahi, means dignity in Swahili. His last name means peace. When Jahi talks about poverty, school, and prison, he says: they’re all intertwined. This is Unprisoned. I’m Eve Abrams.

 A New Orleans rabbi and her congregants are starting new conversations about mass incarceration - 7 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 494

We are all living with mass incarceration one way or another. It affects everyone, passively or actively. I was recently sitting in the beautiful sanctuary of Touro Synagogue in Uptown New Orleans. It was Yom Kippur, and when I looked down at the holiday bulletin, there was a posting — about mass incarceration. It was an invitation to learn about the issue.

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