129: Is There a Better Alternative to Prison?

A Longer Table

At 19 years old, Marlon Peterson participated in a robbery that resulted in two murders.

During his 10 years in prison, he decade incarcerated and co-created How Our Lives Link Altogether, a youth development organization that has provided programming, college trips, and mentorship for NYC public school students and justice-involved youth.

Marlon has written, created programming, lectured, organized, and advocated alongside the formerly incarcerated, victims of gun violence, womxn, immigrants, and young people. He's the author of Bird Uncaged, host of the DEcarcerated Podcast, and owner of The Precedential Group Social Enterprises and its nonprofit arm, Be Precedential, Inc.

His TED talk, “Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform”, has amassed over 1.2 million views.

Marlon joins us at the table to tell a little bit of his story, proving once again that there isn't a single person you would not love if you knew their story.

Tune in to hear:

• What led to the day Marlon participated in a crime that resulted in the death of two innocent people
• How being sexually assaulted at 14 years old changed the trajectory of his life
• Why Marlon's life work now revolves around the pursuit of a shift from punishment to healing, an end to prisons, and a new vision of justice

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