Two-time show guest Claudia Rowe is the author of Time Out, an e-book about Willard Jimerson. Jimerson was a young black man for South Seattle who was charged as an adult, convicted of murder, and sentenced to 23 years in prison in 1994 at the age of 13.
The Rundown
5:00: What was life like for Jimerson at Maple Lane Juvenile Detention Center. What is it like for children in juvenile detention?
10:00: Adolescent brains aren’t fully formed yet, why do we prosecute them as adults? Who does this serve? How much time is “enough?” Is race a contributing factor in sentencing? (spoiler, yes)
16:00: Day to day life in lockup…
“We send more foster children to prison than to college.”
29:00: Seattle as the second most important character in Claudia’s book, how has it changed?
36:00: Real numbers about OUR children who are in the system.
40:00: Claudia’s current projects
The Wind Down
48:00 Who should we listen to?
Going Further
Time Out (Missing Collection) by Claudia Rowe
Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett by Jennifer Gonnerman
The Socials
@RoweReport (Twitter)
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