Prison Policy Initiative on North Country Public Radio
by Leah Sakala, April 17, 2013
North Country Public Radio’s Brian Mann talks with Peter Wagner about an encouraging trend towards declining prison populations.
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Panelists include: Anthony Blakenship of Civil Survival, Jesse White of Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts, and incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell.
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