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After a report in 2011 report on disparities in Hawaii’s criminal justice system, that state has been working on ways to provide more equitable treatment of Native Hawaiians and other people of color. Those include inmate education efforts, cultural outreach, and programs to help inmates re-enter society. As they wait for a pending update to that initial report, organizers of those initiatives say they are making strides in improving the statistics while making their communities safer.
GUESTS
Shawn Kana’iaupuni (Kanaka Maoli). president and CEO of the Partners in Development Foundation
Jamee Mahealani Miller (Kanaka Maoli), co-founder of Ekolu Mea Nui
Kimberly Takata, forensic peer specialist for the Pu’a Foundation
Break 1 Music: Ke Aloha I Ka Pu’uwai / He ‘Ili ‘Ula Au a He Hawai’I (song) Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu (artist) Call It What You Like (album)
Break 2 Music: Bigfoot (song) Bobby Bullet (Artist) Bigfoot (album)
Thanks for covering this topic. It’s so outrageously sickening I had to hold back tears and I haven’t even finished the entire episode yet; but will tomorrow. And thank you for the show on the Fort Robinson massacre in January as well.