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Valerie Cartonio | Podcast Host & Inmate Advocate
Fellow podcast host and inmate advocate Valerie Cartonio channels her expertise in sociology and peace studies into her work advocating for incarcerated individuals in the state of Maine. At our next roundtable, Valerie joins us to share her experiences as an advocate breaking barriers and reaching those she serves through her podcast “The Prison POD”.In Part 2, we discuss the societal bias and perspectives around those who serve time incarcerated and how those assumptions feed into both the system of abuses and rates of recidivism. There is a spectrum of solutions many advocates commit themselves to – Valerie helps us explore what work on the ground is like and where we still have work to do as human service professionals challenging the burdens of the incarcerated.
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_____Valerie Cartonio is the creator and host of the Prison POD podcast for people who are incarcerated. Using Sociology and Peace Studies to drive her conversations and advocacy work, Valerie features guests on topics such as making choices, creating new habits, mindfulness, meditation and why it is important to tell your story. Valerie has 20+ years of experience working inside jails and prisons providing education in substance abuse prevention, doing HIV testing and counseling, reentry planning, inmate advocacy, and mentoring. Valerie’s work has brought her into various areas of people’s lives including coming home, marriages, births, courts, jail visits, and even moments facing death. Valerie published her first book "Notes from the Peaceful Sociologist" reflecting writings about prison work from a unique first person perspective.You can listen to the podcast here: https://prisonpod.buzzsprout.com/WebsiteDonate to the podcast here: https://gofund.me/c27bcd97
Valerie’s book available here: https://app.thebookpatch.com/BookStore/notes-from-the-peaceful-sociologist/96d1ef83-540c-4ee0-97c6-856cd2708d57?isbn=9781637903445______
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