The 54th episode of Holy City Sinner Radio, this website's award-winning companion podcast, is now live on multiple streaming platforms. This week's guest is Kristy Danford, the founding director of the Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, whose mission is to assist in making sustainable, data-driven improvements to our criminal justice system and thereby improve public safety and community well-being.
After seven years of working to reform the local justice system as founding director of the council, Danford recently retired from the organization. Since the work began in 2015, Charleston has emerged a national leader for local criminal justice reform efforts. Under Kristy's leadership and in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge, the County has seen a 40 percent decrease in the local jail population, 80 percent decrease in minor charges that lead to jail time, 60 percent decrease in individual cycling through the system on low level charges.
You can learn more at cjcc.charlestoncounty.org.
You can listen to the episode via your preferred service below:
- Apple Podcasts
- Google Podcasts
- Spotify
- YouTube (see below)
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The show's artwork was created by Grace Lancaster-Goguen ( glancastergoguen@gmail.com ). The episode's music is by Tyler Boone. The show is produced by Lindsay Collins from LMC Soundsystem and the popular local podcast, EffinBRadio.
