Episodes
Nov. 17, 2022
Ep 14 Part 2: Michael Tafolla
Part 2 of Michael Tafolla's story and his message about trauma, violence, transformation, and restorative justice.
Nov. 17, 2022
Ep 14 Part 2: Michael Tafolla
Part 2 of Michael Tafolla's story and his message about trauma, violence, transformation, and restorative justice.
Nov. 9, 2022
Ep. 14 – Michael Tafolla
Michael Tafolla shares part 1 of his story of childhood trauma from chronic victimization by gang-related gun violence and how as a teenager he became what he feared when he took up the gun, leading him to prison for murder, ...
Nov. 9, 2022
Ep. 14 - Michael Tafolla
Michael Tafolla shares part 1 of his story of childhood trauma from chronic victimization by gang-related gun violence and how as a teenager he became what he feared when he took up the gun, leading him to prison for murder, ...
Oct. 29, 2022
Ep. 13 – Pastor Jennifer Stephens
Pastor Jennifer Stephens shares her story of experiencing the trauma of victimization, self-medication with alcohol, jail and prison, support from church and family, reentry to community life after release, barriers faced bec...
Oct. 29, 2022
Ep. 13 - Pastor Jennifer Stephens
Pastor Jennifer Stephens shares her story of experiencing the trauma of victimization, self-medication with alcohol, jail and prison, support from church and family, reentry to community life after release, barriers faced bec...
Oct. 29, 2022
Ep. 13 – Pastor Jennifer Stephens
Pastor Jennifer Stephens shares her story of experiencing the trauma of victimization, self-medication with alcohol, jail and prison, support from church and family, reentry to community life after release, barriers faced bec...
Nov. 3, 2021
Ep. 12: Eddie Bocanegra of READI Chicago – A Video Interview
Eddie Bocanegra Video: His Journey from Gang Violence to READI Chicago Eddie Bocanegra grew up in Little Village on Chicago’s west side. His neighborhood felt like a combat zone. At 14, Eddie joined a street gang for protecti...
Nov. 3, 2021
Ep. 12: Eddie Bocanegra of READI Chicago - A Video Interview
Eddie Bocanegra Video: His Journey from Gang Violence to READI Chicago Eddie Bocanegra grew up in Little Village on Chicago’s west side. His neighborhood felt like a combat zone. At 14, Eddie joined a street gang for protecti...
Oct. 5, 2021
Ep. 11: Reality (Allah) Lovett
From a public safety policy and justice reform standpoint, this is one of the most important episodes of Justice Voices published to date. Richard Lovett, who prefers to go by the name Reality Allah, is the Reentry Coordinato...
Oct. 5, 2021
Ep. 11: Reality (Allah) Lovett
From a public safety policy and justice reform standpoint, this is one of the most important episodes of Justice Voices published to date. Richard Lovett, who prefers to go by the name Reality Allah, is the Reentry Coordinato...
Sept. 20, 2021
Ep. 10: Willette Benford, Chair of Fully Free campaign
Willette Benford is Board Chair of the Fully Free campaign of Heartland Alliance. In this episode she tells the story of how she was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison, developed a transformational relationship wit...
Sept. 20, 2021
Ep. 10: Willette Benford, Chair of Fully Free campaign
Willette Benford is Board Chair of the Fully Free campaign of Heartland Alliance . In this episode she tells the story of how she was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison, developed a transformational relationship wi...
Sept. 13, 2021
Ep. 9: Cedric Frison of the Fully Free campaign and READI-Chicago
Cedrick Frison shares wisdom gained from the hard lessons of living life on the streets of the west side of Chicago, including the effects of drug use, the trauma of living with violence both at home and on the street, and go...
Sept. 13, 2021
Ep. 9: Cedric Frison of the Fully Free campaign and READI-Chicago
Cedrick Frison shares wisdom gained from the hard lessons of living life on the streets of the west side of Chicago, including the effects of drug use, the trauma of living with violence both at home and on the street, and go...
Sept. 5, 2021
Ep. 8: Fully Free campaign of Heartland Alliance
The Fully Free campaign of Heartland Alliance aims to end “permanent punishment” for people seeking to lead law-abiding lives after release from prison. Campaign manager Marlon Chamberlain (whose personal story was featured i...
Sept. 5, 2021
Ep. 8: Fully Free campaign of Heartland Alliance
The Fully Free campaign of Heartland Alliance aims to end “permanent punishment” for people seeking to lead law-abiding lives after release from prison. Campaign manager Marlon Chamberlain (whose personal story was featured i...
Aug. 30, 2021
Ep. 7: Marlon Chamberlain
Marlon Chamberlain manages the Fully Free campaign of the Heartland Alliance in the Chicago area. In this episode he shares his personal story and insights gained from serving over a decade in federal prison, returning home t...
Aug. 30, 2021
Ep. 7: Marlon Chamberlain
Marlon Chamberlain manages the Fully Free campaign of the Heartland Alliance in the Chicago area. In this episode he shares his personal story and insights gained from serving over a decade in federal prison, returning home t...
Aug. 16, 2021
Ep. 6: Sam Dent
In this episode of Justice Voices, you will hear from guest Sam Dent, who served a mandatory minimum 20 years in prison in a case host David Risley prosecuted around the same time as the case he prosecuted against co-host, Ly...
Aug. 16, 2021
Ep. 6: Sam Dent
In this episode of Justice Voices, you will hear from guest Sam Dent, who served a mandatory minimum 20 years in prison in a case host David Risley prosecuted around the same time as the case he prosecuted against co-host, Ly...
Aug. 9, 2021
Ep. 5: Insights from Illinois Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform
This episode provides a big picture overview of why our criminal justice system needs improvement, especially regarding our overuse of prisons, by exploring the gold mine of information and perspective in the 2016 report of t...
Aug. 9, 2021
Ep. 5: Insights from Illinois Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform
This episode provides a big picture overview of why our criminal justice system needs improvement, especially regarding our overuse of prisons, by exploring the gold mine of information and perspective in the 2016 report of t...
Aug. 2, 2021
Ep. 4: Violentization (part 2)
The root cause of violentization is trauma from chronic exposure to violence, usually beginning in childhood or adolescence. Victims of violence become victimizers. Why? Because at some point the victim of chronic violence ma...