Joel Cast贸n was incarcerated when he was 18 years old. He鈥檚 now 45 and in November of last year, just two months ago, Joel was released after serving over 26 years. While incarcerated, he received a degree through the Georgetown Prison Scholars Program and started a mentorship initiative called Young Men Emerging. And, because D.C. changed the law to allow incarcerated people to vote, he ran for office, and he won: he is now an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Washington D.C. representing the 7th Ward including the jail that he just walked out of. He鈥檚 the first incarcerated person in D.C. history to win elected office. Joel joins us today to talk about his experience, what he鈥檚 focusing on as a newly elected commissioner in D.C., and how he鈥檚 changing the public narrative about incarcerated people.
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- Access to the Courts and Counsel
- Alternatives to Incarceration
- Alternatives to Youth Incarceration
- Civil Liberties
- Civil Liberties in Prison
- Criminal Law Reform
- Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
- Discrimination
- Free Speech in Prison
- Human Rights
- Human Rights and Criminal Justice
- Juvenile Justice
- Parole and Release
- Prisoners' Rights
- Race and Criminal Justice
- Race and Economic Justice
- Racial Justice
- Sentencing Reform
- Smart Justice
- Youth Incarceration
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