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Melissa Ludin on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

February 11, 2026

Melissa Ludin (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) talks about balancing her work with the ACLU of Wisconsin and being a partner and a mother of four boys.
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Kyle Giddings on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

February 4, 2026

Kyle Giddings⁠ (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) says it was a conversation with another person while incarcerated that helped him realize his purpose.
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Tamara Springs on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

January 21, 2026

She spent 16 months mostly in maximum security prison after being convicted for RICO charges in nation’s largest public school cheating scandal.
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Stanford Professor Keith Humphreys discusses the steady decline in mass incarceration in the U.S.—and will it continue?

By JLUSA

December 8, 2025

Stanford Professor Keith Humphreys discusses his groundbreaking research published in The Atlantic magazine earlier this year.
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Ruby Welch and Sheriff Eric Higgins discuss the “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment” docuseries

By JLUSA

August 29, 2024

Ruby Welch (Leading with Conviction™ 2023) works with Sheriff Eric Higgins in the Pulaski County, Arkansas, jail system.
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Kristy Laschober on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

April 22, 2024

She spent five years in prison and says she was angry at how women were treated behind the walls. She’s now a fierce advocate for reentry.
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Ronnie Waters and Felicia Tyson-Waters on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

April 15, 2024

He was sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile and spent 40 years behind bars. She stood by him and fought for his release for four decades.
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Jessica Snow on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

April 8, 2024

She lost her job, her home, and was forced to start all over. Today, she is using her educator skills by helping families of incarcerated loved ones.
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Thad Bereday on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

April 1, 2024

He went to federal prison for financial fraud charges, and it changed his life forever. He now hosts the Redemption Radio faith-based podcast.
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Simone Price on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

March 25, 2024

Her personal experience with the criminal justice system is what put her on the path that she is on now, helping others become advocates. Listen now!
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Pauline Rogers on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

March 18, 2024

For 35 years, she has provided housing and other direct and supportive services to those reintegrating into society upon release from incarceration.
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Ladji Ruffin on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

March 11, 2024

After 23 years incarcerated, he took the skills he learned while in prison and started a Braille transcription business. Listen now!
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Emilee Shell on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

March 4, 2024

After four times in prison, she went to the sober living facility for women that she is currently the director of now. Listen now!
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Terry Johnson on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

February 26, 2024

He spent 22 years in prison, living every year like it might be his last. He’s found new purpose as a criminal justice reformer in Muskegan, Michigan.
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Candice Bailey on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

February 19, 2024

She was facing 48 years, and miraculously only served three years behind bars. She now serves as a triple state commissioner in Colorado.
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Matt Sutton on the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

February 12, 2024

He’s gone from working in D.C., on drug policy, to now as director of communications for the nation’s largest reentry employment provider.