Prison POD

Prison POD, P.O. Box 294, Orono, ME 04473 10/15/22 - NEW Website is up. https://prisonpod.org You can also find Season 2 on YouTube! This podcast is for people who are in jail or prison, and/or affected by incarceration. Using Sociology and Peace Studies to: Save Lives, Restore Hope, Reduce Suffering and Recidivism. In March 2022, This program was added to EDOVO tablets (Jail Education Solutions) and is available in correctional facilities across the country in 40+ states. (3/21/23 - NO longer on EDOVO - they are charging fees for us to place programming on their tablets!) The host has 20+ years experience working inside several jails and prisons, providing education in substance abuse prevention, doing HIV testing and counseling, reentry planning, inmate advocacy, and mentoring. This work brought them into various areas of peoples lives including coming home, marriages, births, courts, jail visits...death. Their passion for change has led them to produce this podcast. The people they worked with made a permanent imprint. Recently they published their first book "Notes from the Peaceful Sociologist" reflecting writings about prison work from a unique perspective. Save Lives, Restore Hope, and Reduce Recidivism. Host: Valerie L. Cartonio , P.O. Box 294, Orono, ME 04473***NEW 5/27/22*** Facebook page for friends and families - https://www.facebook.com/PeacefulSociologist If you are on the Buzzsprout site - At the top right of this page, little blue f in the white circle. Address corrected 9/7/22. Thank you for a viewer who caught the error!