Incarceration

There’s a recently established nonprofit called JLC Second Chance Opportunities operating out of Siloam Springs. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis spoke with the owner to learn more.

On today's show, we learn how educators are addressing childhood trauma at an upcoming mental health symposium. We also speak with a man who has received a second chance and wants to extend that same opportunity to others. Plus, we remember the legacy of Pearl's Books founder, Leah Jordan.

The resolution, co-sponsored by Bruce Westerman, aims to create pathways for previously and currently incarcerated people.

Susan Burton is the founder of A New Way of Life, a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles designed to help women transition from incarceration to a better life. She recently visited Northwest Arkansas.

The play The Box examines how solitary confinement is used in American prisons. Sarah Shourd, the playwright/director/actor spent more than 400 days in solitary confinement in Iran. The national tour brings the production to the Arkansas Air and Military Museum this weekend.

The play The Box examines how solitary confinement is used in American prisons. Sarah Shourd, the playwright/director/actor spent more than 400 days in solitary confinement in Iran. The national tour brings the production to the Arkansas Air and Military Museum this weekend.

The Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Unit, a prison alternative for people with mental health needs, will reopen under managament from the…

This month Returning Home, a Springdale-based nonprofit that works with those at-risk of recidivism, began a new Community Alternative Program. CAP gives…

A local office of The Bail Project is now operating in Northwest Arkansas. Madeline Porta, a bail disruptor, explains how the group works.

Keesha Middlemass is an associate professor of Political Science at Trinity University in San Antonio. She studies the challenges facing convicted felons…