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Just Cannabis

Just Cannabis

Written by: Last Prisoner Project
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Just Cannabis is a new short-form podcast from Last Prisoner Project that explores the issue of cannabis criminal justice reform through a series of interviews with impacted individuals and advocates. Host Mikelina Belaineh considers the ways race, gender, and sexuality have informed the United States cannabis policies, and in doing so, empowers listeners to advocate for a more just and equitable approach to these issues.Last Prisoner Project Social Sciences
Episodes
  • A Mother’s Call to Action ft. Sandra Bowen

    A Mother’s Call to Action ft. Sandra Bowen
    Apr 27 2023

    Host Mikelina Belaineh interviews Sandra Bowen, who was recently deported after serving a ten-year-long federal prison sentence for a cannabis conspiracy conviction. Sandra discusses her pre-trial and incarceration experiences and details the challenges she’s faced rebuilding her life in a country where she has no community ties or sense of home.

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    34 mins
  • Through A Daughter’s Eyes ft. Richeda Sinclair

    Through A Daughter’s Eyes ft. Richeda Sinclair
    Apr 12 2023

    Host Mikelina Belaineh interviews Richeda Sinclair, a law student, and poet whose father was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for a nonviolent cannabis crime. Richeda explores the ripple effect cannabis incarceration has had on the lives of her family and community and details how she’s found healing through advocacy and art.

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    37 mins
  • Womxyn & Cannabis Incarceration ft. Stephanie Shepard

    Womxyn & Cannabis Incarceration ft. Stephanie Shepard
    Mar 30 2023

    Host Mikelina Belaineh interviews Stephanie Shepard, a cannabis justice advocate who spent nearly ten years in federal prison for a nonviolent, cannabis-related conviction. Stephanie details the unique experience of being a Black womxyn ensnared in the United States’s criminal punishment system and talks about the ways she’s using her story to advocate for the thousands of people still incarcerated for cannabis.

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    41 mins
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