'Life Jolt' Explores Women's Experiences in Prison

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 5, 2021

The new CBC podcast, Life Jolt—which refers to a life sentence—examines women's experiences in prison in both the US and Canada. The podcast is hosted by a formerly incarcerated woman, Rosemary Green, who speaks to several women in different places in their prison journeys, looking at the inmate in a holistic way as well as looking at rates of indigenous women in Canadian prisons. She will be joined by her producer, John Chipman. 

This segment was guest-hosted by Matt Katz. 

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