Colorado Radio for Justice

Colorado Radio for Justice A nonpartisan, nonprofit radio station and media organization that supports and empowers people impacted by the criminal-legal system in Colorado and beyond.

Complicating the narrative through stories, news, and music.

Our WAVES OF IMPACT Party is coming up! This Tuesday December 9th, join us to be in community, break some bread, and cel...
12/05/2025

Our WAVES OF IMPACT Party is coming up! This Tuesday December 9th, join us to be in community, break some bread, and celebrate Colorado Radio for Justice’s work in 2025 as we look ahead to the coming year.

Doors open at 5:30pm, and the program begins at 6pm.

Words and reflections from special guests including Colorado Senator Julie Gonzales, Rebecca Wallace from Colorado Freedom Fund, and Jami Duffy from Youth on Record. Behind-the-scenes stories and media clips from the CRJ team. Dinner from Big Belly Brothers BBQ and Watercourse Foods. Beverages from Topo Chico, Ratio Beerworks, and Novo Coffee. And silent auction items galore.

�Grab your ticket now here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/december9party

If you can’t come but you still want to help us meet our end-of-year fundraising goal… thank you. And you can use that very same link.

Pictured here: some memorable moments from our April RELAUNCH BLAST-OFF Party. For more vibes like this, come join us on Tuesday! Photos by Sydney Yllanes.

11/25/2025

It’s 6 months since our big broadcast relaunch! We’re throwing it back to our RELAUNCH BLAST-OFF last April, where CRJ Co-Director Herb Lex threw down some serious bars. 🎤

Are you ready for a vibe like this? C’mon over to our WAVES OF IMPACT Party and let’s celebrate together. That’s December 9th - deets: https://www.radioforjustice.org/december9party

Alas, Herbert is thus far not responding to an internal CRJ pressure campaign to get him to rap again this time. Maybe you could give him a holler if, like us, you think he should do it again. You might be more convincing than we are.

Either way - we hope to see you on the 9th.

💥 New episode of UP TO THE MINUTE today! The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) hosted a teach-in this m...
11/24/2025

💥 New episode of UP TO THE MINUTE today! The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) hosted a teach-in this month in Denver: “How Did We Get Here? Understanding Mass Incarceration in Colorado.” Colorado Radio for Justice’s Trevor Jones was there, and in this episode, he brings listeners into urgent conversation with four voices: Christie Donner, Executive Director of CCJRC; Kym Ray, CCJRC’s Denver Campaign Coordinator; Nathan Eagan, attorney at the Alternate Defense Counsel; and Aubrey Valencia from The Storytellers Project and Breaking Chains Building Bonds.

Don’t miss Christie Donner’s insight on how the laws of physics prove that positive change can happen in the criminal-legal system.

Find it under PODCASTS on our website… on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.... or, right here: https://uptotheminute-crj.transistor.fm/

Join us December 9th for our WAVES OF IMPACT Party! 🎉 Get your tix now here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/december9pa...
11/19/2025

Join us December 9th for our WAVES OF IMPACT Party! 🎉 Get your tix now here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/december9party You'll hear featured audio excerpts, connect with community, take a sneak peek at 2026 plans and dreams, and get to know the voices behind the mic at Colorado Radio for Justice. Delicious dinner and bevvies, live DJ, silent auction, & words from our friends and partners who work with us as we amplify voices, transform systems, and change lives.

So much great stuff is on the horizon and we’ll be so glad to get to share it with you.

Come through! Tell a friend or 2, while you’re at it….! 😉

🚨 New episode alert! 🚨 Our November episode of UNLOCKING CHANGE: Part 2 of an urgent conversation with Emma Mclean-Riggs...
11/15/2025

🚨 New episode alert! 🚨 Our November episode of UNLOCKING CHANGE: Part 2 of an urgent conversation with Emma Mclean-Riggs, Senior Staff Attorney from the ACLU of Colorado, who sits down with our Colorado Radio for Justice hosts Tiffany McCoy and Trevor Jones. Emma examines the criminalization of poverty and homelessness in Colorado communities; the ACLU's work of not just improving conditions inside prison, but striving to liberate those inside; and an exploration of what exactly "civil liberties" themselves are. Emma highlights the value of media led by lived-experience producers, and she articulates her vision for a more just future that relies on each and every one of us.

if you missed Part 1 of this convo in October, give it a listen, too—> ICE detention expansions in Colorado. Unlawful deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. A forecast of generations of trauma… and how the human lives on the line compel her to keep going every day.

Every Coloradan should hear both episodes with ACLU's Emma Mclean-Riggs.

Find it under PODCASTS on our website… on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts... or, right here!--> https://unlocking-change-crj.transistor.fm/

Do you have experiences or perspectives on technology in prison? Please share your perspectives and story with us at CRJ...
11/09/2025

Do you have experiences or perspectives on technology in prison? Please share your perspectives and story with us at CRJ, so that our Co-Director Seth Ready may bring those contributions to next week’s UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime meeting in Vienna. Share your story in our 10-minute survey, here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScj8pycYykCpVDc1ZkGUi--pYMOlO9yXgUlOFv2eAYPGzNXjA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=112838648085169537830

This Monday November 10, the UN's Expert Group Meeting kicks off in Austria, to create a handbook that will become a guiding document for correctional systems across the globe. This is all part of the U.N.’s 2025 Year of Action on Penal Reform.

The U.N. has invited Colorado Radio for Justice Co-Director Seth Ready to attend this meeting as a delegate / advisor representing the United States.

Big thanks to our friends at Prison Radio International, for recommending Seth and Colorado Radio for Justice for this U.N. convening!

Starting this Sunday, you’ll hear something new & exciting on CRJ: CRESCENDO COLORADO, our new weekly classical music sh...
11/07/2025

Starting this Sunday, you’ll hear something new & exciting on CRJ: CRESCENDO COLORADO, our new weekly classical music show. It’s our new partnership with Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. Each Sunday at 8am MT (and reprising at 8pm), we’ll broadcast a past Philharmonic concert from DPO’s archives, live-recorded in Denver. This Sunday, CRESCENDO COLORADO takes us back to November 2013, when the DPO performed at KPOF Hall for their concert “Inauspicious Beginnings.” Conductor Lawrence Golan leads the orchestra with James Buswell on solo violin. The program features Beethoven's Fidelio Overture, Barber's Violin Concerto, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E Minor. Check out our full Program Schedule, for more! --> https://www.radioforjustice.org/programschedule

Join us for Audio Production 101!Are you interested in how a piece of raw sound gets transformed into a work of audio ar...
11/07/2025

Join us for Audio Production 101!

Are you interested in how a piece of raw sound gets transformed into a work of audio art for the airwaves? Do you identify as someone directly impacted by the criminal-legal system?

If YES, then join CRJ for Audio Production 101, next week at our studio in Denver! Space is limited and is first-come first-reserved, so sign up using the form - https://forms.gle/j9v8SZb3oTGsMyVm9 - as soon as you can. All participants will be paid $25 for their time and participation.

We’ve got 2 workshop sessions - just sign up for one of the 2:
Wed Nov 12, 6:45-8pm
And
Saturday November 15, 1:45-3pm.

This is an in-person workshop that gives a quick first taste of how audio production works, using the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Reaper. By the end of the session, you can expect to know how to produce a spot / public service announcement for radio, mixing recorded voice and music - and these are the building blocks to becoming a radio and podcast producer!

Want more info, have some questions? Check out the top of the sign-up form for more details.

The priority sign-up deadline is this Sunday, Nov 9, 11:59pm MT. If you apply, you’ll be notified Monday about next steps.

We can’t wait to mix and master with you!

Pictured here: CRJ Co-Director Herbert Alexander and Producer Tiffany McCoy, at work in the studio.

Get your ticket! Tix are on sale NOW for CRJ’s WAVES OF IMPACT… our celebration of an unforgettable 2025 - and propellin...
11/01/2025

Get your ticket! Tix are on sale NOW for CRJ’s WAVES OF IMPACT… our celebration of an unforgettable 2025 - and propelling us into 2026.

Grab your ticket / make your donation, here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/december9party

At CRJ, we bring together communities. We reach listeners and viewers across the state and beyond with story-sharing, reentry resources, criminal-legal news, and restorative justice. We offer the joy & companionship of music shows hosted by system-impacted people through our Community DJ Program. We provide work opportunities in Colorado and beyond, as a Registered Apprenticeship Program of the State of Colorado. And, coming soon in 2026, CRJ will resume broadcasting and facilitating audio production workshops inside the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Thanks for supporting all of this, and more!

Episode just dropped! “UP TO THE MINUTE: The state prison bed budget just went up. Why? What next?” The State of Colorad...
10/20/2025

Episode just dropped! “UP TO THE MINUTE: The state prison bed budget just went up. Why? What next?”

The State of Colorado Joint Budget Commission has approved a supplemental budget increase to add 153 private prison beds to Colorado's system. Why does our state need more prison beds now? Wasn't there a Prison Population Management Measure passed in 2018? How is the number of people in prisons having a domino effect on jails and halfway houses? And what's this about ICE and Homeland Security changing the equation on Colorado'ss facilities? Colorado Radio for Justice (CRJ) hosts JoyBelle Phelan and Bob Eisenman sit down with Christie Donner, Executive Director of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC), to break it all down.

Listen now to UP TO THE MINUTE on YouTube or on your favorite podcast platform - or on CRJ’s radio broadcast at 5pm and 10pm tonight! Go to the PODCASTS link below to find your way to the episode, or just search “Up to the Minute” or “Colorado Radio for Justice” wherever you get your podcasts.

https://www.radioforjustice.org/podcasts

Join us Tuesday December 9th for WAVES OF IMPACT! We’ll gather and celebrate the voices, stories, and ripple effects of ...
10/17/2025

Join us Tuesday December 9th for WAVES OF IMPACT! We’ll gather and celebrate the voices, stories, and ripple effects of Colorado Radio for Justice.

Since the relaunch of our broadcast and our podcast production last April, we’ve produced 4 new podcast series. We’ve featured over a dozen system-impacted DJs on our morning show. We’ve had over 30 guests and storytellers come through our studio. We’ve kicked off a youth internship program. We’ve produced panels on reentry and on parenting from prison.

There’s much more to share - and there’s so much more on the horizon!

Come help us celebrate, and come share your story. WAVES OF IMPACT is hosted by Youth on Record studios in Denver.

Tickets go on sale November 1st. For now, mark your calendar so we can be sure we’ll see you there. For more info, visit here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/december9party

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