Rooted in history and the urgency of now, New Thinking talks to the people working to reform—or remake—the criminal legal system. Hosted by Matt Watkins.
Punishment Isn’t Safety: A Public Defender’s Vision for Justice
Punishment Isn’t Safety: A Public Defender’s Vision for Justice
Punch: The Real-Life Restorative Justice Story Behind the Broadway Show
Punch: The Real-Life Restorative Justice Story Behind the Broadway Show
When Policy Isn’t Enough: Recriminalization in Oregon
When Policy Isn’t Enough: Recriminalization in Oregon
The Inequities of COVID-19: A Focus on Public Housing
The Inequities of COVID-19: A Focus on Public Housing
Marilyn Mosby, Karl Racine: “We’re Talking About Humans”
Marilyn Mosby, Karl Racine: “We’re Talking About Humans”
Misdemeanors Matter #3: Rachael Rollins Reboots Low-Level Justice
Misdemeanors Matter #3: Rachael Rollins Reboots Low-Level Justice
The Cost of Being Poor? The Fight Against Fines and Fees
The Cost of Being Poor? The Fight Against Fines and Fees
Prosecutor Power #8: What’s Next for Progressive Prosecutors?
Prosecutor Power #8: What’s Next for Progressive Prosecutors?
Misdemeanors Matter #2: Alexandra Natapoff on a Legacy of Injustice
Misdemeanors Matter #2: Alexandra Natapoff on a Legacy of Injustice
Heal and Punish? When Therapy Is the Alternative to Incarceration
Heal and Punish? When Therapy Is the Alternative to Incarceration
Prosecutor Power #6: Larry Krasner, The Antagonist
Prosecutor Power #6: Larry Krasner, The Antagonist
Race, Trauma, and Healing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Race, Trauma, and Healing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Misdemeanors Matter #1: Social Control and the Lower Criminal Courts
Misdemeanors Matter #1: Social Control and the Lower Criminal Courts
The Most Hot-Button Issue in Criminal Justice Reform?
The Most Hot-Button Issue in Criminal Justice Reform?
Criminal Justice as Social Justice: A Conversation With Bruce Western
Criminal Justice as Social Justice: A Conversation With Bruce Western
Prosecutor Power #3: Reform From Within—The Brooklyn D.A.
Prosecutor Power #3: Reform From Within—The Brooklyn D.A.
How the Law Intersects with Everyday Life: Promoting Access to Civil Justice
How the Law Intersects with Everyday Life: Promoting Access to Civil Justice
Keeping the Peace: Patrick Sharkey on Sustaining the Great Crime Decline
Keeping the Peace: Patrick Sharkey on Sustaining the Great Crime Decline
How Do We Tell What’s Working? Disrupting the Justice Evaluation Model
How Do We Tell What’s Working? Disrupting the Justice Evaluation Model
Putting the Public in Public Defending: Standing Up for a Profession in Crisis
Putting the Public in Public Defending: Standing Up for a Profession in Crisis
Prosecutor Power #2: A Public Defender on the Urgency of Reform
Prosecutor Power #2: A Public Defender on the Urgency of Reform
Violence, Trauma, and Healing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Violence, Trauma, and Healing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Prosecutor Power #1: John Pfaff on Mass Incarceration
Prosecutor Power #1: John Pfaff on Mass Incarceration
Kansas City Domestic Violence Court: Assessing Risk, Addressing Needs
Kansas City Domestic Violence Court: Assessing Risk, Addressing Needs
Reducing Incarceration Now: A Conversation About ‘Start Here’
Reducing Incarceration Now: A Conversation About ‘Start Here’
Renewing Justice: When the Library Becomes a Community Court
Renewing Justice: When the Library Becomes a Community Court
Project SAFE: Improving Services for Criminalized Black Women
Project SAFE: Improving Services for Criminalized Black Women
Designing Decarceration: Architect Deanna Van Buren
Designing Decarceration: Architect Deanna Van Buren
Improving Access to Justice in Housing Court: A Conversation with Jordan Dressler
Improving Access to Justice in Housing Court: A Conversation with Jordan Dressler
Using Volunteers to Evaluate the Courtroom Experience: A Conversation about Court Watch of King County, Wash.
Using Volunteers to Evaluate the Courtroom Experience: A Conversation about Court Watch of King County, Wash.
The End of Rikers? Courtney Bryan on the Call to Close the Rikers Island Jails
The End of Rikers? Courtney Bryan on the Call to Close the Rikers Island Jails
Problem-Solving in L.A.: Multiple Issues, One Collaborative Court