An audio essay about abolition and Ahmaud Arbery.  The full readable version can be found on medium.com here: https://bit.ly/Arbery

At 16, Huwe Burton was sentenced to 15 years-to-life for the murder of his mother. Thirty years later he is telling his story of exoneration.  Huwe's story was featured on an episode of the HBO series, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.

Marlon recorded this episode as guest host of the Topeka K. Sam on Sirius XM.  

To learn more about Huwe visit:

• Huwe Burton Began Running While Wrongfully Imprisoned, Now He’s Finally Running Free
• He Spent 19 Years in Prison for Murder. Now Prosecutors Say His Confession Was Coerced.

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38 years in prison just for riding in a car with some friends. This is part 2 of the Denise Coleman story.  

Oprah, we need you to get Ms. Coleman on #SuperSoulConversations!

Thank you, Niecey for being so open with us, and for sharing your life as a lesson.

To learn more about Denise Coleman, her story, and her work visit:

• The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.
• The People's Advocacy Institute
• Advocates Working to Help Incarcerated Women and Girls
• The Mississippi Prison Reform Coalition

Share your thoughts on itunes, Soundcloud, or wherever you listen to DEcarcerated. You can also send us an email at decarcerated@beprecedential.com.

38 years in prison just for riding in a car with some friends.  That's part of the story of Denise Coleman. Born in Louisiana, and now living in Jackson, Mississippi, Ms. Coleman, is my friend.  She is also a leader with the People's Advocacy Institute, and the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.

This two-part series will have you on an emotional rollercoaster.

To learn more about Denise Coleman, her story, and her work visit:

• The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.
• The People's Advocacy Institute
• Advocates Working to Help Incarcerated Women and Girls

Share your thoughts on itunes, Soundcloud, or wherever you listen to DEcarcerated. You can also send us a Happy New Year email at decarcerated@beprecedential.com.

Originally recorded in October 2018, Melissa Harris-Perry, journalist, scholar, and former host of the Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC, sits down with Marlon Peterson. This conversation was apart of the Square One Reimagine Justice Roundtable that took place in Durham, North Carolina.  

We talk about her personal experiences the the criminal justice system and her grapplings with being a victim of violence.  Even Marlon tears a bit in this episode, so keep your Kleenex close.

DEcarcerated links about this episode:

• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Square One Justice

Episode music:

MXGHTY by Lazer Falcon

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Instagram: decarceratedpodcast

Originally sentenced to a life sentence at 16-years old, Halim Flowers, released after serving 22 years is now breaking barriers.  Released in March of 2019, Halim is already a published author, an Echoing Green Fellow...a friend of Kim Kardashian,  and he already spoke at Kanye West's Sunday Service.  Oh, and he recently got married. 

What have you done in the past 9 months?

Marlon sat down with Halim backstage at the Smart on Crime Conference in NYC for a deeply personal interview.

To learn more about Halim checkout:

• "TGU Prison Scholar Released After 22 Years". The Hoya
• To purchase one of Halim's books visit here
• Unchained Media Collective
• Halim Flowers on Twitter: @TheRealHalim

Music credits:

Thunderstorm by the Custodian of Records

Ruff Draft by Deal the Villain

Faith’s Witness by Deal the Villain

Much love to the Weavers Fellowship and the NoVo Foundation for sponsoring DEcarcerated.

Production: Andrew Stelzer

Managing Producer: LeShae Henderson

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T: @decarceratedpod

IG: @decarceratedpod

Email: decarcerated@beprecedential.com

To kick off our final season, the DEcarcerated Podcast was LIVE at the 2019 Smart on Crime Conference held at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC. Some of America's leading criminal legal system experts participated in this conference, and we got a few of them to speak with us backstage.  Here's a few:

• Amanda Alexander, Executive Director & Founder of the Detroit Justice Center
• Topeka K. Sam, Hope House | The Topeka K. Sam Show on Sirius XM
• Carol Bogert, President of the The Marshall Project
• Halim Flowers, Echoing Green & Halcyon Arts Lab Fellow
• Jameila Meme Styles, MEASURE Austin
• Wesley Caines, Bronx Defenders
• Lawrence Bartley, The Marshall Project, Director, News Inside

More details about the 2019 Smart on Crime Conference can be found here.

Thankful for the support of Michelle Diaz, Andrew Stelzer, and LeShae Henderson of Team DEcarcerated.

This episode was made possible courtesy of The Center for American Progress,  John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. Huge shoutout to Julia Cusick of the Center for American Progress for making this happen!

Episode music credits:

Five Years Ago by the Custodian of Records

Roy by JBlanked

The Trunk by Deal the Villain

Fallen Stars by Ketsa

Always Something by JBlanked

Off by Deal the Villain

Lucky Stars by the Custodian of Records

Much much love to The Weavers Fellowship and the Novo Foundation for sponsoring Season Five of DEcarcerated.

Twitter: @Decarceratedpod   | Instagram:  DecarceratedPodcast

Email us at: decarcerated@beprecedential.com

The self-proclaimed HBIC (google the urban dictionary), Alicia Garza, principal of the Black Futures Lab that created the Black Census, and co-creator of Black Lives Matter is in rare form in this conversation with Marlon. This episode is not for the thin-skinned.

No further description needed.

More info about this episode:

• Sen. Kamala Harris speech excerpt from 2019 Essence Festival
• Black Futures Lab: https://blackfutureslab.org/
  • Black Census Results, pt. 1: https://blackcensus.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Digital-More-Black-Than-Blue.pdf
  • Black Census Results, pt. 2: https://blackcensus.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/When-The-Rainbow-Is-Not-Enough.pdf
• Square One Project, Justice Lab at Columbia University: https://www.squareonejustice.org/

Twitter:

• @decarceratedpod / @_marlonpeterson
• @aliciagarza

Instagram:

• @decarceratedpodcast 
• @chasinggarza

Production Credits: Andrew Stelzer

Song Credits: 

Special thanks to the whole Square One Justice team, and the Impact Hub in Oakland, California.