The JustUs Speaks Podcast, presented by JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA), amplifies the voices of formerly incarcerated individuals in the U.S. Hosted by JLUSA Senior Movement and Capacity Building Specialists Lester Young and Hakim Crampton, the JustUs Speaks Podcast features interviews with directly impacted people sharing their experience with the criminal justice system, and life upon reentering society.
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March 18, 2024
By JLUSA
For 35 years, she has provided housing and other direct and supportive services to those reintegrating into society upon release from incarceration.
March 11, 2024
By JLUSA
After 23 years incarcerated, he took the skills he learned while in prison and started a Braille transcription business. Listen now!
March 4, 2024
By JLUSA
After four times in prison, she went to the sober living facility for women that she is currently the director of now. Listen now!
February 26, 2024
By JLUSA
He spent 22 years in prison, living every year like it might be his last. He’s found new purpose as a criminal justice reformer in Muskegan, Michigan.
February 19, 2024
By JLUSA
She was facing 48 years, and miraculously only served three years behind bars. She now serves as a triple state commissioner in Colorado.
February 12, 2024
By JLUSA
He’s gone from working in D.C., on drug policy, to now as director of communications for the nation’s largest reentry employment provider.
February 5, 2024
By JLUSA
She’s set her sights on building a network of “safe houses” for women across Arkansas. Ruby Welch (LwC 2023) joins the JustUs Speaks Podcast!
January 29, 2024
By JLUSA
He’s been recognized as a grassroots leader in the Louisville, Kentucky, community, and he’s making a huge impact statewide.
May 23, 2023
By JLUSA
These special episodes of the JustUs Speaks Podcast are taken from a livestream event that was recorded in February for Black History Month.
April 4, 2023
By JLUSA
Daniel Bullman on education as a deterrent for recidivism and the power of pro-social connections
