Episode 30: Kevin Keenan, "Dismantling Mass Incarceration"
Join us for an important and eye-opening conversation with Vera Institute Executive Vice President and Special Counsel, Kevin Keenan, as we peel the onion of mass incarceration - and learn what Vera is doing about it.
Highlights:
- The extraordinary harm caused by our system of mass incarceration
- Facing into brutality and racism of our criminal justice system
- The importance of treating everybody with dignity
- The importance of proximity for really being able to tackle complex social problems
- What Vera Institute is doing to create a more just society
Links:
- https://www.vera.org/
- Twitter: @verainstitute @kevinkeenan
- Justin’s Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PUPQrF5Qlk
- Bar Chart from PPI: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2018.html
- JustLeadership USA/ Glenn Martin Quote, “Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution, but furthest from resources and power.”: https://jlusa.org/our-goal/
- On Movement Ecology, AYNI Institute: https://ayni.institute/movementecology/