Crime Inc. Podcast

I am joined by friend Lynn Gibson to discuss the large role mental health plays in our criminal justice system. Ms. Gibson works in criminal courts with clients who have mental health issues. Ms. Gibson has years of experience and gives incredible insight into how the system treats these types of cases, and what can be done to improve the system. 

This was one of the first episodes I did when the podcast was brand new. I wanted to re-release the episode because many of the issues we discussed have been all over the news. I also wanted to re-release the episode as many of our new podcast subscribers didn't get to hear the episode in their feed. We talk about a variety of issues surrounding the modern criminal justice system including how it was formed, and how many issues such as class, and race play into it. 

Professor Simon joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 2003 and teaches criminal law, an advanced criminal law seminar on mass incarceration, sociology of law, and several classes in the undergraduate legal studies program (foundations of legal studies; prisons; punishment, culture and society).

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/jonathan-simon/

I am again joined by Lisa Hana who gives me an update on how life outside of prison is going. She is now a practicing lawyer and doing great. We speak about many of the issues that people face when released from prison, and how she has coped with some of those issues. 

I am joined by Professor Simon from Berkeley Law School to talk about the #defundthepolice movement.