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Incarceration
The Scoop: Thur. Dec 19th, 2024, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
State officials say the constitution does not mandate ‘comfortable’ prisons Florida corrections officials want a federal judge to toss out a potential class-action lawsuit alleging the state has violated inmates’ rights because of hot conditions...
State bail law leads to overcrowding in Pinellas County Jail, sheriff says
Listen: The jail in Pinellas County is seriously overcrowded, with cells holding double their capacity and some inmates sleeping on mats on the ground. And the Sheriff said a law signed in 2023 by Governor...
Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation
The Forum talks with Tampa, FL City Councilman Luis Viera talks resolution 568, a truth and reconciliation resolution to confront historic economic racism. Craig Powell announce Raising The Bar: criminal justice and prison recidivism reduction...
Power To The People: race and executions
Forum co-host Annie Miles provoke discussion regarding the death penalty. Is pro-life in contradiction with a pro-death penalty stance? Race, who decides who lives and who dies in Florida and in America is explored. Host...
Black Chamber and a Rap Pioneer
The Tampa Bay community welcomes a new Black Chamber and a seasoned Hip Hop Pioneer. Nicole Payne is President of the Hillsborough County Black Chamber of Commerce and talks about Giving Tuesday on January 30...
Racial Capitalism. The Language Revolution.
Tanya Maria Golash-Boza – Before Gentrification – The Creation Of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap Tanya Maria Golash-Boza delves into fascinating yet often daunting details to explain how a century of redlining, disinvestment, and the War...
Putting The World In Perspective
The Forum/The Fourth Estate takes a look at the headlines and other under-reported stories in perspective. The politics of race and the Republican-MAGA impact discussed in historical context. An inmate class-action lawsuit against the Alabama...
Safe Streets Ybor, Bring The Funk
The owner of Crowbar, a nightclub in Tampa’s Ybor City entertainment, talks about the aftermath of a violent shooting. The community accessing the club for special events. St Petersburg, FL City Council Member John Muhammad...
Restoring Community and Justice
Walter Dunn joins the show along with Gretchen Casey of Restorative Justice after incarceration ahead of the Criminal Justice forum. More analysis of economic injustice in U.S. cities and in developing nations. A report regarding...
Talking Florida’s ‘Second Look’ prison sentence approach, and the push and pull of criminal justice
Alexandra Bailey is a senior campaign strategist with The Sentencing Project, and she’ll be in Tampa next weekend as part of the Tampa Bay Criminal Justice Summit happening at Tampa Prep on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 20-21....
Human Rights of The Incarcerated
A slate of panelist for the upcoming criminal justice summit joins in as we discuss a host of issues facing prisons. The panelist include ex-offender Keith Harris who advocates more air conditioning in Florida’s and...
Alexandra Bailey calls in to the Forum to discuss efforts to end mass incarceration in federal prison. She talks about the bipartisan First Step Act on rehabilitation, recidivism, and reducing excessive sentences. Michael Minardi, a...
