The Problem with Punishment is a podcast about how our cultural obsession with punishment has led to painful failures to address some of the most pressing issues we face. And even worse when punishment fails, the pain of that doesn’t fall equally across communities. But some New Yorkers have felt that pain and decided that we can do better. We’ll meet innovators, risk-takers – people who are committed to being problem-solvers and have figured out strategies that work better than punishment, and are doing them in the real world.
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The Problem with Punishment is a podcast about how our cultural obsession with punishment has led to painful failures to address some of the most pressing issues we face. And even worse when punishment fails, the pain of that doesn’t fall equally across communities. But some New Yorkers have felt that pain and decided that we can do better. We’ll meet innovators, risk-takers – people who are committed to being problem-solvers and have figured out strategies that work better than punishment, and are doing them in the real world.
Shelter is one of our most basic needs - and an international human right. Yet millions of Americans are denied their right to housing. This includes tens of thousands of New Yorkers who have been incarcerated. This makes it even more difficult for them to start anew upon release.
In this episode, we speak with Ashanti, a young woman who experienced incarceration and housing insecurity. Reverend Dr. Sharon White-Harrigan shares her story of looking for housing. Zoni Rockoff, an attorney at Neighborhood Defenders Service, shares the barriers faced by clients she works with. And we always want to talk about what works better. So we speak with Angela Scott-Sheppard. She's the Associate Vice President of Congregate Housing at Fortune Society. Fortune Society runs one of the largest re-entry housing programs in NYC, and shows us there's a better way - and it's not more punishment.
Full transcript and useful links at https://www.beyondpunishment.org/problem-with-punishment/ep6-housing
The Problem with Punishment
The Problem with Punishment is a podcast about how our cultural obsession with punishment has led to painful failures to address some of the most pressing issues we face. And even worse when punishment fails, the pain of that doesn’t fall equally across communities. But some New Yorkers have felt that pain and decided that we can do better. We’ll meet innovators, risk-takers – people who are committed to being problem-solvers and have figured out strategies that work better than punishment, and are doing them in the real world.
