19: The Stone Catcher - A Conversation with Bryan Stevenson

With(in)

Episode 19 of With(in) -- The Stone Catcher -- is a very special episode! In The Stone Catcher we witness a conversation between social justice advocate, lawyer, and author Bryan Stevenson and our incarcerated With(in) and DU Prison Arts Initiative team. Our team is thrilled to have been able to speak to Mr. Stevenson, the author of the best selling "Just Mercy" and founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. This very moving, complex and special episode is a conversation with Denise Presson (With(in) Co-Host, incarcerated at Denver Womens), Trevor Jones (DU PAI Group Leader and member of the Juveniles Convicted as Adults Program, incarcerated at Four Mile) and Mr. Stevenson. This powerful conversation delves into how we as a country invest in imprisonment creating a crisis of injustice and inequality, and how there is no path to progress that avoids uncomfortable or inconvenient conversations and actions. Mr. Stevenson describes his journey advocating for basic decency and justice, and proclaims that affirming the humanity and dignity of those that have lost their way is the conduit to overcome our nations ills. Additionally, co-hosts Andrew Draper and Denise Presson discuss the complex ideas revealed in the interview with Mr. Stevenson and how no one should be thrown away, calling for a further conversation to be held about the impact of mass incarceration on our society as a whole.