About the Podcast

70 Million documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Our reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and adjacent policies, and from those committed to reversing those effects on people and communities. Specifically, we chronicle the progress ground-up efforts have made in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, adoption of technology and other crucial aspects of the move toward decarceration at local levels. (This podcast is made possible by a grant from the Safety and Justice Challenge at the MacArthur Foundation.) 70 Million is a member of The Democracy Group, a collective of podcasts exploring the meaning of democracy today.

About the Host

Mitzi Miller (& Various Reporters)

Mitzi Miller is an American writer and magazine editor. She was editor-in-chief of Jet from 2011 to 2014, then of Ebony from 2014 to 2015. She also co-authored the 2006 novel The Vow, adapted by Nzingha Stewart as 2015 Lifetime movie With This Ring

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