Incarceration: Stories about science and prison
The Story Collider
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🗓️ 2 July 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This week, we’re presenting two stories about incarceration, and its intersections with science.
Part 1: Looking to make an impact with science, Beverly Naigles and her fellow graduate students decide to teach a science class for incarcerated men at a nearby jail.
Part 2: Incarcerated for robbery at the age of 21, Khalil Cumberbatch learns about the neuroscience of brain development after his release and begins to question how the system handles younger offenders.
Beverly Naigles is a PhD student in quantitative biology at UC San Diego, originally from rural Connecticut. Her research focuses on how seemingly-identical cells can respond differently to external signals. In addition to her research, she enjoys doing science-related art and making science accessible to the general public. For fun, she likes to hike, run, swim, and bake.
Khalil Cumberbatch is a nationally recognized formerly incarcerated advocate for criminal justice and deportation policy reform. Currently, he is the director of strategic partnerships for the Council on Criminal Justice. Previously, he served as Chief Strategist at New Yorkers United for Justice and as Associate Vice President of Policy at Fortune Society. Pardoned by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014, Khalil earned a Master's Degree in Social Work from CUNY Lehman College, where he was awarded the Urban Justice Award for his work with underserved and marginalized communities. Khalil is also a lecturer at Columbia University.
See also: Sean Bearden’s story, which appeared on our podcast in 2020: Sean Bearden has never been interested in education, but when he's incarcerated at the age of 19, he finds a passion for physics.
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| 0:29.6 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:34.6 | Is NYU scientist the |
| 0:36.6 | It felt It felt huge And I was so... And I just thought, well, I figured it felt. I was so... |
| 0:38.7 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:39.6 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:42.9 | Because science was on my side. Hey everyone. Welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 1:07.8 | I'm your host, Erin Barker. |
| 1:10.2 | And today we're bringing you two stories about science and |
| 1:13.9 | incarceration. More than 2 million people are currently incarcerated in the United States, |
| 1:20.4 | which has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. The U.S. is home to 5% of the |
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