Justice Reform

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    • And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System
    • By: Jed S. Rakoff
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • How can we be proud of a system of justice that often pressures the innocent to plead guilty? Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a leading authority on white-collar crime, explores this and other puzzles in a startling account of our broken legal system....

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    • The True Causes of Mass Incarceration - and How to Achieve Real Reform
    • By: John F. Pfaff
    • Narrated by: Graham Halstead
    • Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 123 ratings
    • Locked In is a revelatory investigation into the root causes of mass incarceration by one of the most exciting scholars in the country....

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    • Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom
    • By: Vincent Schiraldi
    • Narrated by: Barry Abrams
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • We've heard a lot in recent years about the nearly 2.1 million people incarcerated in American prisons and jails. But what about the approximately four million more who are on probation and parole—monitored by the state at great expense....

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    • A Story of Justice and Redemption
    • By: Bryan Stevenson
    • Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-21-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18,245 ratings
    • Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system....

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    • Advocating for Justice That Restores
    • By: Dominique DuBois Gilliard
    • Narrated by: Mirron Willis
    • Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 08-31-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • Mass incarceration has become a lucrative industry, and the criminal justice system is plagued with bias and unjust practices. And the church has unwittingly contributed to these problems. Dominique Gilliard explores the history and foundation of mass incarceration, examining Christianity's role in its evolution and expansion....

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    • Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal
    • By: Carissa Byrne Hessick
    • Narrated by: Christina Delaine
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • Nearly every aspect of our criminal justice system encourages defendants-whether innocent or guilty-to take a plea deal. Punishment Without Trial showcases how plea bargaining has undermined justice at every turn and across socioeconomic and racial divides....

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    • By: Fredrik deBoer
    • Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • Fredrik deBoer explores American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can do better in the future.

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    • A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
    • By: Shane Bauer
    • Narrated by: James Fouhey, Shane Bauer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,043 ratings
    • After working as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison, Shane Bauer wrote an exposé about his experiences. In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America....

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    • And 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration
    • By: Victoria Law
    • Narrated by: Melissa Moran
    • Series: Myths Made in America
    • Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 04-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals....

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    • A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America
    • By: Bill Bratton, Peter Knobler
    • Narrated by: Bill Bratton
    • Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • The epic, transformative career of Bill Bratton, legendary police commissioner and police reformer, in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York....

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    • The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
    • By: Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law, Michelle Alexander - foreword
    • Narrated by: Emily Durante
    • Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 07-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 68 ratings
    • In Prison by Any Other Name, activist journalists Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law reveal the way the kinder, gentler narrative of reform can obscure agendas of social control and challenge us to question the ways we replicate the status quo when pursuing change....

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    • Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
    • By: Martha C. Nussbaum
    • Narrated by: Tamara Marston
    • Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
    • In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education....

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    • A True Story of the Fight for Justice
    • By: Bryan Stevenson
    • Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 542 ratings
    • In this very personal work, adapted from the original number one best seller, acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom....

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    • The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt
    • By: Phoebe Zerwick
    • Narrated by: Sean Crisden
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • In June 1985, a young Black man named Darryl Hunt was falsely convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a white copyeditor at the local paper....

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    • My Life on the Bench...What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It
    • By: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell
    • Narrated by: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 10-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
    • In Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts....

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    • The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics
    • By: Marie Gottschalk
    • Narrated by: Janet Metzger
    • Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In Caught, Marie Gottschalk examines why the carceral state remains so tenacious in the United States....

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    • Educational Leadership for Justice
    • By: Manya C. Whitaker
    • Narrated by: Julienne Irons
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 02-08-22
    • Language: English
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    • Efforts to address inequities within our schools tend to ignore the underlying beliefs that sustain injustices, and focus instead on short-lived policies and practices. This book takes a different approach to eradicating educational disparities....

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    • Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States
    • By: Tony Platt
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp
    • Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 01-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the US, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration, and offers a bold vision for a new future....

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    • A Paradigm for School Belonging
    • By: Amy McCart, Wade Kelly, Wayne Sailor
    • Narrated by: Trei Taylor
    • Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-23
    • Language: English
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    • Thee authors present a new path forward that leads away from deficit-focused policies and toward strengths-based practices, empowering educators at every level to transform their schools into equity-advancing, justice-centered institutions....

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