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Jun 12, 2025 26 min

I.G.N.I.T.E with Sheriff Chris Swanson

from Criminal Justice Evolution Hosted by Patrick Fitzgibbons

Sheriff Chris Swanson runs Michigan’s 5th-largest sheriff’s office and, since 2020, he’s been flipping the playbook on incarceration with I.G.N.I.T.E.– “Inmate Growth Naturally & Intentionally Through Education.” The program delivers daily math, reading, and job-skills classes inside the Genesee County Jail and now in dozens of other facilities nationwide. Independent research from Harvard, Brown and the University of Michigan links I.G.N.I.T.E. to sharper literacy, fewer disciplinary incidents and double-digit drops in recidivism. Tune in as we discuss how I.G.N.I.T.E. readies inmates for life beyond bars, the impact of police-community collaboration, and showcase what effective-law enforcement leadership looks like. Criminal Justice Evolution Episode 728 June 12, 2025

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