Hunter is joined by Danielle Harris, Managing Attorney of the Freedom Project at the San Francisco Public Defender Office. Thanks to mass incarceration policies like mandatory minimums and three strikes laws, thousands of people in California languish away serving brutally harsh sentences. Recognizing the cruelty, the state passed a series of laws aimed at giving people a pathway to early release, and for years, Danielle and her team at the Freedom Project have helped people get early release. Sadly, their grant funding is at an end, and this episode is a reminder that if we are serious about reducing the harms of mass incarceration, we must be willing to fund the mechanisms that undo it.
Guest:
Danielle Harris, Managing Attorney for the Freedom Project, San Francisco Public Defender
Resources:
Read about the stories in today’s episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/magazine/juvenile-justice-california.html
https://wearedefender.com/forty-four-years & https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/SF-public-defender-unit-helps-Oakland-man-go-free-15301831.php
Learn More about the Freedom Project:
https://missionlocal.org/2024/05/public-defender-resentencing-program/
Contact the SF Public Defender:
ttps://sfpublicdefender.org/
