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I heard a speech about this and it really helped my family deal with jail and recovery.

My ASU professor turned us on to Restorative Justice and Ms. Schwartz's book. All law students should read it. We are going to play the podcast in a study group tomorrow. You can go to www.restorativejustice.org

I meant Port Washington New York! Also Sunny talked about accountability was the key to her programs--you really got it all wrong--dude--check it out!

you really missed the point or weren't listening DC Gary--I heard no bull--self pity--On the contrary--It was filled with compassion and smart alternatives in doing things in a different more human -smart way with criminal justice--the author Sunny and ex-offender should be a model for our President to look at and to start the discussion about the crazy way our country run our prison--listen again and ditch your bias as this stuff is smart and inspiring for all of us--victims-offenders and community! Way to go--Will go out and buy the book right away!

The website is www.custodialcoaching.

Lots of tips and facts. Also based on restorative justice. Much info on re-entry.

You should rename this segment as the "chip on your shoulder, victims show". In the new era when we have a multiracial President and opportunities now for all, to listen to such revisionist propaganda about living in a homo phobic, racist society is stupidity. You don't help anyone by playing the victim card. No one forced the people who go to prison into committing the crimes they did. What happened to taking responsibility for your actions. Bill Cosby has pointed out that this "victim mentality thinking" is a disservice to the people who under perform and form the underclass. Thank goodness to both Barack Obama and Michelle Obama who promote a functional message of possibility and not self pity like Sunny Schwartz. I thought this liberal self-pity thinking went out with the 60’ies; I guess she is a remnants of a dysfunctional past.

Oh yeah there is some mental illness on top of all of this too, forgot about that. On the positive side of this, I would hope that most can be rehabilitated, especially the wrongly accused!

Thanks for the tough interview Leonard

I think just like the vets that come back from war, there should be some decompression before full release into the community for both, the vet and the ex-con.

I think it is very scary thing. It all depends on the individual person's value of human life, on crime etc... I think for sure after 1 or 2 years inside those hell holes, a first offender comes out worse than they went in...between the things they learn, fighting off the predators, drugs and who knows what else, just a very scary thought.

what is their website?

Just a point--there's an enormous difference between "psychotic" and "sociopath." I think I heard "psychotic" being used as a synonym for "sociopath," which isn't accurate.

I keep hearing people quote this "5 % of the world population but 25% of the prisoners" statistic.

This is pretty insulting to the USA - the implication being an implicit comparison with some country with a huge number of political prisoners like the Soviet Union.

I think most people would agree with me that this incarceration rate is a GOOD thing! I think surveys would show that people would rather these guys be locked up than living next door to their kids.

I think people on the "let em loose" side ought to volunteer to house a parolee in their own home, in exchange for cash compensation. Any volunteers?

What if drugs were legal - would you have snatched that purse?

You know, I know that it's scary when a scary person comes back possibly worse than he/she was.
We need more intermediary help for them-possibly seperating some other people like the child abuse perps.

Hey, how about having Senator Hiram Monseratte chair the committee? Oh, wait...

is there a statistic on how many prisoners once out of prison return? there is a study that 1 in 7 prisoners from Guantanamo Bay return to extremism. I feel that we have a similar situation here with our prison population, if not worse.