Family and Justice
09/07/22 • 45 min
To improve outcomes in complex problems around child welfare, incarceration, and crime we journey upstream to examine the Family as the institution best able to prevent / help people recover from involvement in the justice and child welfare systems.
Interviewed:
Department of Children and Family Services Mischa Martin
Chairperson of Parent Counsel and Harding University professor Dr Andrew Baker
Sith District Circuit Judge Shanice Johnson
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Executive Director Rich Huddlestone
Pathway to Freedom Executive Director Scott McLean
Dept of Human Service Director of Peer Services Jimmy McGill
Restore Hope Executive Director Paul Chapman
Narrator Charles Newsome
Producer Renie Rule
Producer Ed Lowry
"A change of perspective is worth 80 IQ points." - Alan Kay
Through SmartJustice we explore issues from new perspectives in pursuit of better communities and better outcomes.
website: https://smartjustice.org/
fb: https://www.facebook.com/restorehopearkansas
To improve outcomes in complex problems around child welfare, incarceration, and crime we journey upstream to examine the Family as the institution best able to prevent / help people recover from involvement in the justice and child welfare systems.
Interviewed:
Department of Children and Family Services Mischa Martin
Chairperson of Parent Counsel and Harding University professor Dr Andrew Baker
Sith District Circuit Judge Shanice Johnson
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Executive Director Rich Huddlestone
Pathway to Freedom Executive Director Scott McLean
Dept of Human Service Director of Peer Services Jimmy McGill
Restore Hope Executive Director Paul Chapman
Narrator Charles Newsome
Producer Renie Rule
Producer Ed Lowry
"A change of perspective is worth 80 IQ points." - Alan Kay
Through SmartJustice we explore issues from new perspectives in pursuit of better communities and better outcomes.
website: https://smartjustice.org/
fb: https://www.facebook.com/restorehopearkansas
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Interviewed:
Department of Children and Family Services Mischa Martin
Arkansas Drug Director Kirk Lane
Director of Peer Recovery Services Jimmy McGill
Parole Board Chairman John Felts
Amanda and Patrick Myer
Restore Hope Director of Operations Karen Phillips
Restore Hope Executive Director Paul Chapman
Narrator Charles Newsome
Producer Renie Rule
Producer Ed Lowry
"A change of perspective is worth 80 IQ points." - Alan Kay
Through SmartJustice we explore issues from new perspectives in pursuit of better outcomes and better communities.
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Smart Justice - Family and Justice
Transcript
00;00;07;03 - 00;00;27;16
Charles Newsom
When Asa Hutchinson became governor of Arkansas in 2015, he faced one of the fastest growing prison populations in the country and a corresponding rise in the number of children going into foster care. He convened a summit titled Restore Hope and invited both government officials and leaders of the nonprofit and faith communities.
00;00;27;23 - 00;01;14;11
Asa Hutchison
Arkansas has an opportunity to lead. We have an opportunity to lead i
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