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Oklahoma released more than 400 non-violent inmates from prison earlier this month. Most of them had a little over a year left on their sentences. It’s the result of reform efforts to reduce overcrowding, cut costs and promote self-sufficiency for low-level prisoners. It calls attention to other reform ideas to try and end the cycle of incarceration for Native Americans and other populations that are over-represented in the prison system.
Guests:
David LittleSun (citizen of the Pawnee Nation) – director of the American Indian Criminal Justice Navigation Council
Bradley Harrington (member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) – commissioner of natural resources for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, cultural and language revitalization advocate, and chemical dependency advocate for the tribe
Keith Green (Muscogee Creek) – operations coordinator for the Muscogee Creek Nation Reintegration Program
Break 1 music: Red Ochre Cheek Clan (Tl’ááshchí’í) (song) Radmilla Cody (artist) K’é Hasin (album)
Break 2 music: Rumble (Remastered) (song) Link Wray (artist) Rumble (Remastered) (single)
