Prison POD Productions
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Contact information:
Prison POD, P.O. Box 294, Orono, ME 04473
email: prisongram@prisonpod.org
07/05/24 - Website: https://prisonpod.org
Those who may be hearing impaired can view on YouTube (link below) and use the Closed Captioning.
Season 1 is not available on YouTube.
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This podcast is for people who are in jail or prison, and/or affected by incarceration. Using Sociology and Peace Studies to: Save Lives, Restore Hope, Reduce Suffering and Recidivism.
The host has 20+ years experience working inside several jails and prisons, providing education in substance abuse prevention, doing HIV testing and counseling, reentry planning, inmate advocacy, and mentoring. This work brought them into various areas of peoples lives including coming home, marriages, births, courts, jail visits...death. Their passion for change has led them to produce this podcast.
The people they worked with made a permanent imprint. Recently they published their first book "Notes from the Peaceful Sociologist" reflecting writings about prison work from a unique perspective. You can find it on: thebookpatch.com
Save Lives, Restore Hope, Reduce Suffering.
Host: Valerie L. Cartonio
Facebook page for friends and families - https://www.facebook.com/PeacefulSociologist
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Prison POD Productions
How Writing and Education Changed a Life: The Ben Free Story
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Ben Free, a formerly incarcerated writer and UCLA student, shares his inspiring journey of transformation through education, storytelling, and community impact. Discover how he turned adversity into opportunity and his plans for future initiatives to empower others.
Ben Free Project - https://benfreeproject.org
Radical Reversal - https://radicalreversal.org
Massachusetts Review - https://massachusettsreview.net
Penn America - https://pen.org
Columbia University Magazine - https://magazine.columbia.edu
The Vera Institute of Justice - https://vera.org
San Diego State University MFA Program - https://www.sdsu.edu
Writing Freedom Fellows - https://mellon.org/programs/arts-and-culture/writing-freedom/
James Clear's Atomic Habits - https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Framework-Growth/dp/0735211299
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