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Podcast: Hardly Working with Brent Orrell
Episode: Brett Tolman on his legal career and leading Right on Crime
Description: The passage of the First Step Act in 2018 jolted criminal justice issues into the forefront of the public consciousness, and it has remained there since. As COVID ravaged prisons and unrest shook the country in 2020, the nation grappled with the role of the justice system in securing our society while bettering the lives of those all those affected by the burden of incarceration. Meanwhile, policymakers worked tirelessly to maintain bipartisan consensus around these important issues.To discuss these issues in context, I am joined Brett Tolman. Prior to his work with Right on Crime, Tolman worked in...