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JustUs Speaks Podcast

The JustUs Speaks Podcast, presented by JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA), amplifies the voices of formerly incarcerated individuals in the U.S. Hosted by JLUSA Senior Movement and Capacity Building Specialists Lester Young and Hakim Crampton, the JustUs Speaks Podcast features interviews with directly impacted people sharing their experience with the criminal justice system, and life upon reentering society.

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Episodes

August 29, 2024
By JLUSA

Ruby Welch (Leading with Conviction™ 2023) works with Sheriff Eric Higgins in the Pulaski County, Arkansas, jail system.
April 22, 2024
By JLUSA

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.
April 15, 2024
By JLUSA

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.
April 8, 2024
By JLUSA

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.
April 1, 2024
By JLUSA

He went to federal prison for financial fraud charges, and it changed his life forever. He now hosts the Redemption Radio faith-based podcast.
March 25, 2024
By JLUSA

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!
March 18, 2024
By JLUSA

For 35 years, she has provided housing and other direct and supportive services to those reintegrating into society upon release from incarceration.
March 11, 2024
By JLUSA

After 23 years incarcerated, he took the skills he learned while in prison and started a Braille transcription business. Listen now!
March 4, 2024
By JLUSA

After four times in prison, she went to the sober living facility for women that she is currently the director of now. Listen now!
February 26, 2024
By JLUSA

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.
February 19, 2024
By JLUSA

She was facing 48 years, and miraculously only served three years behind bars. She now serves as a triple state commissioner in Colorado.
February 12, 2024
By JLUSA

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.