A Former Supermax Prisoner Shows How Civic Power Can Reach Behind Bars
The DC jail has something most cities don’t: its own elected neighborhood commissioner. That means the people living inside a jail can have a formal liaison to city government, and our guest Harold Cunningham is doing exactly that as the ANC commissioner for the jail. We talk about what it looks like when incarcerated residents organize, document problems, and push concerns about conditions and legislation straight to the DC Council. Harold’s credibility comes from a life most of us ca...
26 Jan 2026
When Security Trumps Care: What Prison Medicine Gets Wrong
The alarms we hear in this conversation aren’t sirens—they’re missed test results, canceled consults, and doors that won’t open after midnight. We pull back the curtain on federal prison healthcare through first‑hand accounts of delayed diagnoses, security protocols that override treatment, and the grinding bureaucracy that turns a simple appointment into a six‑month wait. You’ll hear how a man’s PSA rose from seven to twenty‑four while no one explained what it meant, why biopsies and MRIs re...
21 Oct 2025
Reclaiming 'DC Blacks' And Rethinking Youth Justice
We share how Eyone Williams is reclaiming the name "DC Blacks" and trace how his support network grew from social posts into real connections. We go on to challenge a new push to try DC kids as adults and remove judicial discretion for people under 24. Our stories show how adult prisons teach violence to children and why prevention and second chances work. We explore: • The DC-to-federal prison pipeline. • The early indoctrination of youth on juvenile blocks and in jail. • The myths of the su...
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