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Ep 1 - Smart Decarceration
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Matt Epperson, associate professor in the School of Social Service Administration, has seen the failures of mass incarceration first hand. For more than two decades, Epperson worked with incarcerated individuals as a social worker, including six years in a county jail in Michigan.
On this episode of Knowledge Applied, Epperson discusses the history of mass incarceration, the challenges facing Smart Decarceration, and the social and political changes that have occurred over the last decade that may make this the ideal time to begin shrinking the U.S. prison population.
Learn more at news.uchicago.edu
Subscribe to Knowledge Applied on iTunes, Stitcher, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
7 episodes
Manage episode 199710569 series 2101986
Matt Epperson, associate professor in the School of Social Service Administration, has seen the failures of mass incarceration first hand. For more than two decades, Epperson worked with incarcerated individuals as a social worker, including six years in a county jail in Michigan.
On this episode of Knowledge Applied, Epperson discusses the history of mass incarceration, the challenges facing Smart Decarceration, and the social and political changes that have occurred over the last decade that may make this the ideal time to begin shrinking the U.S. prison population.
Learn more at news.uchicago.edu
Subscribe to Knowledge Applied on iTunes, Stitcher, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
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