Jorge Antonio Renaud . Prison Abolistionist

Please be advised that this episode discusses sensitive material regarding sexual assault which may be a trigger for some people & therefore not suitable for all listeners. My guest , Jorge Antonio Renaud is the National Criminal Justice Director for Latino Justice, formerly known as the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund,  a New York-based national civil rights organization with the goal of changing discriminatory practices via advocacy and litigation. He has a BS in Psychology from Sam Houston State University; a Master of Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin; was the 2020 Poet in Residence for the Civil Rights Corps;  is the 2021 Writer in Residence for the Texas After Violence Project and Policy Analyst for the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition.   After being arrested at the age of 20, thrown into jail, then beaten and sexually assaulted, Jorge began a 32-year odyssey of addiction and robbery, spending 27 years in Texas prisons. Caged for the last time in 1991, Jorge was released in July of 2008. He is serving the rest of his 60-year sentence for robbery on parole. He is a prison abolitionist with one paramount tenet – no human is disposable.  Listen in to Jorge's remarkable story... You may contact Jorge at: Business email Address: [email protected] Business website: LatinoJustice.org Email: [email protected] LatinoJustice PRLDEF (FB)  @latinojustice (Twitter)   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode well :-) To give feedback or a story idea: [email protected] To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me for voiceover work, or to host your podcast, reach out to me at: [email protected] Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Proverbs 23:18 "Surely there is a future, and your Hope will not be cut off."