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Welcome to Rethink & Reset, a podcast series from Revolving Doors.
 
In this series we'll be delving into the heart of our criminal justice system, as we speak to experts including our lived experience members, activists, and sector professionals about what needs to change to create a smarter, more humane system.
In our sixth and final episode of this series, we speak to Jason Kew, former Thames Valley Police Chief Inspector and current Senior Innovative Practice Officer at the Centre for Justice Innovation. Jason joins us to share what his career in policing has taught him about the need for drug decriminalisation and action on poverty, as well as the interaction between policing and politics and the role that the police should play in our society today.

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Welcome to Rethink & Reset, a podcast series from Revolving Doors.
 
In this series we'll be delving into the heart of our criminal justice system, as we speak to experts including our lived experience members, activists, and sector professionals about what needs to change to create a smarter, more humane system.
For Episode 5, we speak to youth worker, education consultant and author Ciaran Thapar. With over a decade's experience working with young people, Ciaran is the author of Cut Short: Youth Violence, Loss and Hope in the City, and joins us to talk about social change, race, and the role that music (specifically drill and rap) plays in the lives of young, socially excluded people.

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Welcome to Rethink & Reset, a podcast series from Revolving Doors.
 
In this series we'll be delving into the heart of our criminal justice system, as we speak to experts including our lived experience members, activists, and sector professionals about what needs to change to create a smarter, more humane system.
In Episode 4 we're joined by Whitney Iles: youth worker, activist, and founder of Project 507, a community enterprise that aims to address and break cycles of youth violence. Over the past 20 years Whitney has built her career supporting young people trapped in the criminal justice system, and shares her thoughts on the interplay between neurodiversity, trauma, and the justice system, as well as her views on abolitionism and why she's stepping back from Project 507's frontline work.


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Welcome to Rethink & Reset, a podcast series from Revolving Doors.
In this series we'll be delving into the heart of our criminal justice system, as we speak to experts including our lived experience members, activists, and sector professionals about what needs to change to create a smarter, more humane system.
For Episode 3 we're honoured to speak to Raphael Rowe, investigative journalist and host of Netflix's 'Inside the World's Toughest Prisons'. After his release from prison in 2001 following his fight against a wrongful murder conviction, Raphael embarked on a groundbreaking career as a reporter and journalist. He has now spent over two decades challenging perspectives and stereotypes about the criminal justice system and those caught up in it, and joins us in this latest episode to share his fascinating and urgent insights about the need to change the narratives surrounding prisons and justice.

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Welcome to Rethink & Reset, a podcast series from Revolving Doors.
In this series we'll be delving into the heart of our criminal justice system, as we speak to experts including our lived experience members, activists, and sector professionals about what needs to change to create a smarter, more humane system.
Episode 2 features Revolving Doors lived experience member Caroline. Caroline was able to break free of the cycle of mental health-driven repeat offending following a court-mandated Mental Health Treatment Order (MHTR). In this episode she discusses the issue of unmet needs surrounding mental health and addiction within the criminal justice system, and her experience of rebuilding confidence, finding her voice, and accessing training and employment as she trains to be a cybersecurity specialist.

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Welcome to Rethink & Reset, a podcast series from Revolving Doors.
In this series we'll be delving into the heart of our criminal justice system, as we speak to experts including our lived experience members, activists, and sector professionals about what needs to change.
We're proud to introduce our first episode, featuring Revolving Doors member Charlie. She shares her lived experience-driven insights about the importance of diversion initiatives to protect vulnerable care-experienced young people from county lines exploitation, and offers her thoughts on how the system should reform to foster fairness and equality and safeguard youth mental health.

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