305: Shaka Senghor | Writing My Wrongs

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Shaka Senghor (@ShakaSenghor) is a leading voice in criminal justice reform, the director of innovation and strategy at #Cut50, and the consulting producer for the OWN docuseries Released. He is also the author of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison.

What We Discuss with Shaka Senghor:

• How Shaka's childhood neighborhood in Detroit quickly went from idyllic to nightmarish when the crack epidemic struck • in the '80s (and what he spent his money on when he became a dealer).

• The assorted sources of trauma faced by kids who wind up in the drug-dealing lifestyle • and why such a lifestyle is initially appealing to them -- in spite of exposing them to very adult consequences.

• Why the current opioid crisis may actually be instrumental in helping heal societal class and racial divides • widened during the crack epidemic.

• Why removing the stigma of mental health treatment is crucial to breaking the cycles of recidivism • in which young people often get trapped.

• The series of events that landed Shaka in prison for 19 years • , how he made use of his time there, and what he's doing to help fix a very broken system.

• And much more...

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