In this episode, Jacob and Imani sit down with Aaron Kinzel to discuss how he went from serving a 10-year prison sentence to teaching about criminology and criminal justice as a professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. In his words, "I know everything there is to know about crime. I don't need to read a book about criminology... I lived it since I was a child." He sheds light on how a lifetime of bad influences and terrible decisions landed him in prison, what he did to get his life together after his release, and the opportunity our society has to think differently about redemption for violent criminals.

Watch a video of this interview.

Recorded September 17, 2017 at Podcast Detroit in Royal Oak, MI

Guest:

• Professor Aaron Kinzel

Contact:

• atkinzel@umich.edu

• https://atkinzel.com/

• Youtube

• Instagram

• Twitter

Links:

• "From Ex-Prisoner to Professor and Prison Reform Advocate" (Huffington Post)

• Ciao Line

• Recovery Park

• Just Leadership USA

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• Criminology and Criminal Justice Collective