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We can do better. Listen and have your eyes opened:• See criminal justice reality and needed reforms through real-life stories of people with lived experience with crime on both sides of the law.• Learn about practical solutions for breaking the cycle of crime, achieving healing for victims, and building safer communities.Hosted by David Risley, former career federal prosecutor and former Director of Public Safety Policy in the Illinois Governor's Office.Co-hosting many episodes is Lynard Joiner, who went to prison for 17 years in a case prosecuted by Mr. Risley, and who is now Executive Director of Shifting Into New Gear (SING), delivering reentry services and support to people returning to society after release from prison.What Makes Us Unique• Unexpected Partnership: The partnership of Mr. Risley and Mr. Joiner, who first met on opposite sides of a federal courtroom on opposite sides of the law, enables listeners to get the real story from both perspectives and demonstrates th
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe can do better. Listen and have your eyes opened:• See criminal justice reality and needed reforms through real-life stories of people with lived experience with crime on both sides of the law.• Learn about practical solutions for breaking the cycle of crime, achieving healing for victims, and building safer communities.
Justice Voices is hosted by Eye-Opening Stories, Practical Solutions. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep. 27: Sonya Massey and Mental Health Board" (13 March 2026, 37 minutes), "Ep. 25: Healing Trauma in High Crime Communities" (4 June 2025, 48 minutes), and "Ep. 24: Breaking free from addiction and a cycle of crime and jail" (7 January 2025, 88 minutes).
Justice Voices publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 32 episodes.
Booking probability for Justice Voices is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Justice Voices requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Justice Voices's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Justice Voices are Courts, Police & Public Safety. Justice Voices has a society audience.
Eye-Opening Stories, Practical Solutions hosts Justice Voices, a society podcast with 32 episodes published.
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Episode #27
Sonya Massey Called for Help. A Deputy Shot and Killed Her. Here's What Has to Change. Sonya Massey was a mother, a sister, a cousin. She was managing lupus, raising her children, living her life in Springfield...
Healing from trauma and helping others heal from trauma in the high crime community of East St. Louis, Illinois, Skyla Pawnell and Gloria Hicks share their powerful stories of transformation from being victims to...
Rickey Brown shares his story of breaking free from an addiction-driven cycle of crime and jail. He graphically describes what it is like to see the world through the eyes of an addict.
Exploitation of women in prison by prison guards--the problem and solutions. Rachelle Conley shares her eye-opening story of being incarcerated nine times to becoming a correctional officer. Rachelle presents a vivid...
Restorative justice and justice in healthcare: two aspects of the justice mission of the Faith Coalition for the Common Good in Springfield, Illinois. This episode features a conversation between host David Risley and...
How can a high crime community turn around and what does it take to make that happen? Deana Perez of Bright Star Community Outreach discusses the TURN model as a big part of the answer.
Episode #20
Pastor Chris Harris speaks about Bright Star Community Outreach, NATAL training, the TURN Center in Bronzeville in south Chicago, and the TURN Model of coalition building to reduce trauma and build safer communities.
Judge Jeff Ford (ret.), a pioneer of problem-solving courts and past president of the Illinois Association of Problem-Solving Courts, provides an inside look into this growing approach to criminal justice and explains...
Virgia Brewer. To meet this wonderful woman today, you would have no idea she is a survivor of decades of abuse and trauma, beginning as a sexually exploited child – exploited and abused by family members no less...
Lenore Anderson discusses the connection between victims' rights and public safety, and how increasing services for victims can reduce crime.
Lisa Daniels: Finding Healing Through Restorative Practices Lisa Daniels transformed her grief into purpose after forgiving her son’s killer. As founder of the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices...
Episode #16
Lisa Daniels lives the principles of restorative justice as a mother who forgave her son's killer and asked for leniency at his sentencing.
On the eve of Christmas, David Risley challenges both the philosophical and moral underpinnings of our prevailing approach to criminal justice and punishment.
Episode #14
Part 2 of Michael Tafolla's story and his message about trauma, violence, transformation, and restorative justice.
Episode #14
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...
Episode #13
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...
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...
Episode #11
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...
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...
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...
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Senior Fellow and Director of the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at George Mason University
bestselling author, keynote speaker, Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee, creator of Roku Jitsu, National Coalition Of Certification Centers
Sports Psychotherapist, Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices
Massey Commission
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