Our guest this week will be Erica Marshall, CEO and Founder of the Idaho Justice Project. "The Idaho Justice Project is a new, nonpartisan organization that elevates system-involved persons, in partnership with citizens, nonprofits, justice stakeholders, and government officials, to improve Idaho’s justice system using organizing, public education, collaboration, and advocacy.
Idaho has been stuck in a “tough on crime” mentality for decades. This has cost the state billions in incarceration costs, years of time spent in prison by non-violent offenders, and irreparable impact to children who are detained in facilities or missing their parents who aren’t home because they are incarcerated. But it hasn’t made us any safer. Idaho Justice Project envisions a criminal justice system that touches fewer lives and keeps our communities safe while more efficiently using state resources."