The Jordan Harbinger Show28 Tammi 2020

305: Shaka Senghor | Writing My Wrongs

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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