Episode 30: Kevin Keenan, "Dismantling Mass Incarceration"

Join us for an important and eye-opening conversation with Vera Institute Executive Vice President and Special Counsel, Kevin Keenan, as we peel the onion of mass incarceration - and learn what Vera is doing about it. 

Highlights:

• The extraordinary harm caused by our system of mass incarceration
• Facing into brutality and racism of our criminal justice system
• The importance of treating everybody with dignity 
• The importance of proximity for really being able to tackle complex social problems
• What Vera Institute is doing to create a more just society

Links:

• https://www.vera.org/
• Twitter: @verainstitute @kevinkeenan
• Justin’s Story:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PUPQrF5Qlk
• Bar Chart from PPI:  https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2018.html
• JustLeadership USA/ Glenn Martin Quote, “Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution, but furthest from resources and power.”:  https://jlusa.org/our-goal/
• On Movement Ecology, AYNI Institute:  https://ayni.institute/movementecology/