CHRIS: r/ExCon #198552 aka CASH

What does personal experience with incarceration and community supervision tell us about the penal system? This episode features the founder of a popular subreddit: r/ExCons - where 'the reformed make the world a better place'. This show is dedicated to system-impacted people possessing insider knowledge of true criminal justice. I hear about the culture of life in prison, and thereafter. We chat about the order of things in a carceral state. I hear a story of too much stick and too little carrot from a reformed man who tells a tale of punitivity and resilience. Chris talks about his experience with sentencing, navigating security tiers, and the honour that comes from a code of integrity. We hear about probation, parole, and the significance of Pre-Sentence Reports (i.e. 'keeping your papers with you') to prove one's status inside. We talk about a corrupt economy of expensive telephone calls with loved ones for profit; and the politics of punishment in the United States (the 'incarceration nation'). This is a show about giving hope by voicing concern for reform. We touch on the death penalty, issue of false positives, and anecdotes like the 'colour' lottery of drug testing leading to a sense of uncertainty and unknowing.  

• r/ExCons - Reformed ExCons Making The World A Better Place
• Virginia Warden Stabbed (December 27, 1996)
• Rexcons 'Help End Recidivism'
• How to Justice