Amplified Voices is a podcast that lifts the voices of people and families impacted by the criminal legal system. Hosts Jason and Amber speak with real people in real communities to help them step into the power of their lived experience. Together, they explore shared humanity and real solutions for positive change.
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Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. The first time Shauna Jones shares her story publicly, she starts in a place most people never imagine: being born into custody and growing up inside a life shaped by state systems. We talk about Arizona’s history, what power looks like behind prison walls, and how public narratives can erase consent and blame survivors…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. One decision at 19 can echo for decades, especially when the criminal legal system is built to keep consequences rolling long after a sentence ends. In this episode of Amplified Voices , Jason and Amber sit down with Alex Brown to trace that full arc: a childhood in Connecticut, a late ADHD diagnosis, a college path that…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. A teen tries to outrun pain, finds cocaine, and goes from a kid coming of age, to a daily user in a matter of weeks. Then come the crimes, the fear, the SWAT arrest, and a sentence so extreme it reshapes his entire identity: 32 years of prison time at 18 years old. In this episode of Amplified Voices , Jason and guest…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. On this episode of Amplified Voices, Amber and Jason speak with Bessie Elmore who shares how a single phone call shattered the illusion of normal and sent her family into a world of warrants, headlines, courtrooms, and prisons. Everything seemed to move too fast for the truth to catch up. What followed wasn’t a miracle;…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. In episode of Amplified Voices , Amber and Jason chat with Joshua Hoe about incarceration, reentry and renewal. During the course of the conversation we get a front-row seat to accountability, reentry built on constraints: registry rules that make simple walks risky, five-hour weekday windows on parole, and landlords who…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. Justice shouldn’t confuse accountability with exile. That’s the heartbeat of the conversation Amber & Jason had w Dr. Reece, a survivor whose near-fatal domestic violence experience led her from theater stages to forensic psychology & into the powerful world of restorative justice circles inside prisons. Her story begins…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. What happens when turning 18 transforms a teenage relationship into a serious crime? In this conversation, Jason and Amber speak with Heather who shares her gut-wrenching journey through the criminal legal system. With remarkable vulnerability, Heather reveals how a small-town teen romance led to an arrest warrant,…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. In this powerful episode, Amber and Jason meet Fez, who spent 22 years in prison, and Vern, who has volunteered with the Jericho Circle for 25 years. Together, they share the transformative impact of circle work both inside prison walls and beyond. Fez's story begins with a childhood lacking affection and stability, which…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. What happens when we replace shame and barriers for people in reentry with resources? Kevin Scott of Community Spring shares his story and work with direct cash assistance for justice-impacted people as part of this insightful conversation with Amplified Voices co-hosts, Jason and Amber . Kevin's story begins in the chaos…
Send us a text. Please provide contact information if you'd like a response. In this episode of Amplified Voices , Amber and Jason chat with defense attorney, Laurie Jubelirer who walks us through her remarkable 37-year legal journey that began in prosecution and transformed into passionate defense advocacy. Growing up in a family of legal and public service professionals—with a father who served…