Best Commish Liss Podcasts (2024)

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Season Finale: Getting Cut From the Team For Not Making the Grade! How Sports and Dance Programs Impact Recidivism 1:00:09

2+ y ago1:00:09

1:00:09

What happens when students get kicked off their high school sports teams for not achieving the minimum GPA? Who, if anybody, is at fault for the lack of GPA achievement? How can sports, hip-hop dance programs help students cope with complex trauma? Playing sports or participating in dance programs plays a vital role in healing those students most s…

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Preview: Getting Cut From the Team For Not Making the Grade! How Sports and Dance Programs Impact Recidivism 1:56

2+ y ago1:56

1:56

With special guests: Jen Schuman and, Randy Sims. Season Finale airs December 7, 2021Support the showBy Commish Liss

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A Positive View of My Future! 49:05

2+ y ago49:05

49:05

How do we help students find their strengths so that they see a positive way forward? Positive youth influencer can forever change the trajectory of their students’ lives for the better. Many justice engaged youth, lacked trusted adults as they began to disengage from school. In addition, some of these youth confided in negative influencers such as…

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Punished for Learning Different! Learning Disabilities and Recidivism 56:20

2+ y ago56:20

56:20

In this episode, we examine the struggles of justice engaged youth who present significant academic concerns in school. Why do so many students in the juvenile justice system possess learning disabilities? There seems to be a pattern that exists for students with learning disabilities and the juvenile justice system. Many of the students in the juv…

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Incarcerated Parents, Reentry, and Recidivism 51:51

2+ y ago51:51

51:51

How do we address both the needs of children and their incarcerated parents? How do we keep parents from recidivating? What happens to children when their parents fall back into the system? Recent studies show that approximately 5 million children (or 1 in 14) have a parent who has experienced incarceration. And the number is more staggering for 1 …

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LGBTQ Justice Engaged Youth and Recidivism 38:38

2+ y ago38:38

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In this episode, we examine the difficulties justice engaged LGBTQ youth experience, both during and after incarceration. LGBTQ youth, particularly LGBTQ youth of color are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. And once pushed into the juvenile justice system LGBTQ youth are at a higher risk of becoming disconnected, harassed or victims o…

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Lived Experience: Reimagining the Job Description 47:32

2+ y ago47:32

47:32

Society has been demanding change within law enforcement and corrections. Defunding the police has been a topic of deep debate and some local governments have begun shifting their budget. However, rather than defunding the police what if we reimagine what it could and should look like? To preserve our democracy, we must have law and order, so how d…

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Immigrant Youth, Noncitizen Families and Recidivism 51:50

2+ y ago51:50

51:50

In California there are a significant number of justice engaged students who are English Language Learners, or ELL, immigrant youth or noncitizen youth. They face even more barriers that make it difficult to re-enter their communities once released from custody. Often the success of these students is dependent on strong support systems at home. The…

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Preview: Immigrant Youth, Noncitizen Families and Recidivism 1:34

2+ y ago1:34

1:34

With special guest, Nisreen Baroudi Support the showBy Commish Liss

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Measuring Recidivism: Using the Data in Meaningful Ways 52:15

2+ y ago52:15

52:15

In this episode, we explore how and why it’s important to measure recidivism. And how we use that data to move the needle forward and break the cycles of recidivism for our students. In addition, we highlight the topic of how other countries fair with their recidivism rates. What countries are successful in changing their recidivism rate for the be…

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Preview: Measuring Recidivism: Using the Data in Meaningful Ways 1:28

2+ y ago1:28

1:28

With special guest, Dr. Holly ChildSupport the showBy Commish Liss

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Inmate Fire Fighting Crews 57:26

2+ y ago57:26

57:26

Inmates have a better chance of preventing recidivism by participating in programs that set them up with future careers once they leave custody. One program that provides this type of training is the Cal Fire Inmate Fire Fighting Crews in California. But the pathway to getting an actual job with Cal Fire as a felon can be quite difficult. Recent la…

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Preview: Inmate Fire Fighting Crews 1:26

2+ y ago1:26

1:26

With special guest, Donald FreguliaSupport the showBy Commish Liss

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Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences and their Impact on Recidivism 59:21

2+ y ago59:21

59:21

What are juvenile life without parole sentences and how do they relate to recidivism? The word “Discretion” often comes up when we have conversations about JLWP sentences. Who has the discretion to decide if a juvenile ever deserves a sentence of life without parole? Is it the Prosecution? The Judges? The Psychologists? JLWOP is a sentence now rese…

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Preview: Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences and Recidivism 1:48

2+ y ago1:48

1:48

With special guest, Jacque WilsonSupport the showBy Commissh Liss

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Feeling Safe in My Home? Foster Care Youth and Recidivism 54:29

2+ y ago54:29

54:29

In this episode I take an in-depth look at foster care youth and their unique barriers to succeed in overcoming recidivism. The disproportionality of foster youth and their over representation in the justice system require us to look closely at why this is happening. Why foster youth? How are foster youth different than homeless youth? What does th…

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Preview: Feeling Safe in My Home? Foster Care Youth and Recidivism 1:13

2+ y ago1:13

1:13

With guest speaker, Tia HolidaySupport the showBy Commish Liss

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Tell Your Truth! ACEs and Recidivism 42:42

2+ y ago42:42

42:42

How do ACEs, or adverse childhood experiences, effect the ability of people to stay out of custody once they have been released? What factors contribute to the success of people who manage to never return to custody? In this first episode of Advice from the Inside Out, we will explore these questions and more. I sit down and have conversations with…

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Advice From the Inside Out Trailer 0:35

3y ago0:35

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Hey, hey there! My name is Lissa and I am the host of the new podcast, Advice from the Inside Out. As a Teacher, Education Advocate and Juvenile Justice Commissioner in Santa Clara County, CA, I have made a commitment to providing both direct and indirect services for justice engaged youth and adults at risk of recidivism. My goal has been to imagi…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Commish Liss Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Advice From the Inside Out

Commish Liss

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Season Finale: Getting Cut From the Team For Not Making the Grade! How Sports and Dance Programs Impact Recidivism 1:00:09

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Preview: Getting Cut From the Team For Not Making the Grade! How Sports and Dance Programs Impact Recidivism 1:56

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A Positive View of My Future! 49:05

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Punished for Learning Different! Learning Disabilities and Recidivism 56:20

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Incarcerated Parents, Reentry, and Recidivism 51:51

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LGBTQ Justice Engaged Youth and Recidivism 38:38

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Lived Experience: Reimagining the Job Description 47:32

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Immigrant Youth, Noncitizen Families and Recidivism 51:50

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Preview: Immigrant Youth, Noncitizen Families and Recidivism 1:34

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Measuring Recidivism: Using the Data in Meaningful Ways 52:15

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Preview: Measuring Recidivism: Using the Data in Meaningful Ways 1:28

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Inmate Fire Fighting Crews 57:26

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Preview: Inmate Fire Fighting Crews 1:26

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Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences and their Impact on Recidivism 59:21

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Preview: Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences and Recidivism 1:48

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Feeling Safe in My Home? Foster Care Youth and Recidivism 54:29

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Preview: Feeling Safe in My Home? Foster Care Youth and Recidivism 1:13

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Tell Your Truth! ACEs and Recidivism 42:42

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Advice From the Inside Out Trailer 0:35

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