Incarceration, Reentry, Prevention, Criminal Justice Reform – Dante Barber

Episode 4
Guest: Dante Barber
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW

Dante Barber, Senior Youth Leader at Friends of Island Academy in New York City, shares his personal journey through the criminal justice system and how it led him to prevention work with incarcerated youth. He discusses reentry challenges, the campaign to close Rikers Island, and what it means to use lived experience as a tool for change. This episode is a powerful testament to transformation and the impact of peer-led advocacy.

In this episode:

• Friends of Island Academy's work supporting youth during and after incarceration
• How Dante uses his own experience in the criminal justice system in prevention work with youth
• Prisoner reentry and the barriers youth face after release
• The campaign to close Rikers Island and Dante's "journey of change"

Friends of Island Academy http://www.friendsny.org/
Close Rikers Campaign http://www.closerikers.org/

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