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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.

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Episode 2 of “Gateway” is out today! Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/gat...
06/12/2026

Episode 2 of “Gateway” is out today! Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/gateway

In this episode, you'll take a seat inside a College Gateway classroom at Red Rocks Community College. There, you'll learn about curriculum design from current Gateway business faculty member Stephanie Schooley, and you'll see how Gateway's impact lasts beyond the program's completion. Tune in to hear conversations with the current Gateway student cohort as well as Gateway graduate Ira Miner (pictured here), as they paint a more personal perspective of the inner workings of the Gateway journey.

What makes Red Rocks Community College’s Gateway work? What barriers has it overcome? And what can it teach listeners across the U.S. about the role of colleges and universities in creating second chances?

This podcast, Gateway, answers these questions, uplifting the voices of the program’s students, educators, administrators, and advocates. Through their stories, we explore how education can be a bridge to stability, opportunity, and belonging.

The team behind Gateway:
Hosted, produced, and written by Seth Ready & Lucy Richardson
Original music produced by Carlos "Carlitos" Perez, Ira Miner, & Lucy Richardson
Edited by Lucy Richardson
Mastered by Tongjai Lee
Graphic design by Benjamin Greaves
Voice talent by Trevor Jones
Executive Produced by Ryan Conarro

Gateway is a production of Colorado Radio for Justice, in partnership with Red Rocks Community College.

Learn more about College Gateway at www.rrcc.edu/gateway

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Episode 1 of “Gateway” is out now! Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here:https://www.radioforjustice.org/gatewa...
06/05/2026

Episode 1 of “Gateway” is out now! Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here:
https://www.radioforjustice.org/gateway ... In this episode, you'll learn about the people behind College Gateway, the higher ed program at Red Rocks Community College for students affected by the criminal-legal system: who designed it, who's in the classroom, and who can succeed with its teachings. Join hosts Seth Ready and Lucy Richardson as they interview College Gateway founder and coordinator Cathy Lachman, along with a classroom full of Gateway students. What makes Red Rocks Community College’s Gateway work? What barriers has it overcome? And what can it teach listeners across the U.S. about the role of colleges and universities in creating second chances?

The team behind Gateway:

Hosted, produced, and written by Seth Ready & Lucy Richardson
Original music produced by Carlos "Carlitos" Perez, Ira Miner, & Lucy Richardson
Edited by Lucy Richardson
Mastered by Tongjai Lee
Graphic design by Benjamin Greaves // crimson_range_graphics
Voice talent by Jones
Executive Produced by Ryan Conarro

Gateway is a production of Colorado Radio for Justice, in partnership with Red Rocks Community College - https://www.facebook.com/rrccedu/

06/04/2026

In Episode 2 of HABITUAL, Ryan Conarro and Herbert Alexander visit the Colorado State Capitol to speak with Senator Julie Gonzales about habitual sentencing. During their conversation, she explains how spending more money on incarceration than education contradicts one of the core goals of the criminal legal system: promoting restoration while holding people accountable.

Listen to HABITUAL Episode 2 - and CRJ's full series - for a deep look at habitual and three-strikes laws across the U.S., centering the voices and lived experiences of Coloradans.

Listen at the link in our bio, wherever you get your podcasts, or right here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/habitual

06/04/2026

Listen to the “Gateway” trailer now! Colorado Radio for Justice’s new podcast launches tomorrow, Friday June 5, followed by a new episode every Friday in June. CRJ producer-hosts Seth Ready and Lucy Richardson will take you to Red Rocks Community College’s Gateway program: a unique offering of higher ed opportunities for people getting free from prisons and jails. How can education can be a bridge to stability, opportunity, and belonging? “Gateway” tells the story.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or right here:
https://www.radioforjustice.org/gateway

Music: Carlos Mendoza and Ira Miner
Graphic design: Benjamin Greaves
Viktor Frankl voice talent: Trevor Jones
Hosts and producers: Seth Ready & Lucy Richardson

https://www.facebook.com/rrccedu/

06/03/2026

When Herbert was sentenced to 64 years under Colorado's Habitual Offender Law, he felt he had lost the opportunity to watch his 14-year-old son, Khalil, grow up. Today, Herbert is out and able to spend time with his family after overcoming what was essentially a life sentence.

For first-person perspectives on habitual sentencing in Colorado, and to hear how Herbert overcame a life changing sentence, listen to HABITUAL.

Listen at the link in our bio, wherever you get your podcasts, or right here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/habitual

Coming this week: “Gateway,” a new podcast by Colorado Radio for Justice. Listen to the trailer now! Wherever you get yo...
06/02/2026

Coming this week: “Gateway,” a new podcast by Colorado Radio for Justice. Listen to the trailer now! Wherever you get your podcasts - or right here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/gateway Episode 1 drops this Friday.

For 20 years, a little-known program at Red Rocks Community College has been quietly changing lives. It’s called College Gateway, and it offers higher ed opportunities for people directly impacted by the criminal-legal system. Students get free from prison and jail, and they come to College Gateway, where they build a path forward on their reentry journey.

What makes Red Rocks Community College’s Gateway work? What barriers has it overcome? And what can it teach listeners across the U.S. about the role of colleges and universities in creating second chances?

"Gateway" answers these questions, as CRJ producer-hosts Seth Ready and Lucy Richardson uplift the voices of the program’s students, educators, administrators, and advocates. Through those stories, “Gateway” explores how education can be a bridge to stability, opportunity, and belonging.

https://www.facebook.com/rrccedu/
Seth Ready
Richardson
Graphic design: Greaves

05/31/2026

If you only have time for two episodes of HABITUAL, make it episodes 2 and 5. That's what CRJ staffers JoyBelle Phelan and Herbert Alexander said on KGNU Metro, in a live convo about our new documentary podcast.

Episode 2 reveals the law's flaws, in the voices of people across the system who are impacted by it. Episode 5 takes a solutions-journalism approach to examining what might be possible for reform.

Listen to HABITUAL at the link in our bio, wherever you get your podcasts, or right here:
www.radioforjustice.org/habitual

05/28/2026

Colorado State Senator Julie Gonzales is the Chair of the Senate Judiciary. She's a lead sponsor of Colorado's second-look law, currently awaiting the Governor's signature. And: she's a key voice in the HABITUAL podcast, illuminating what she calls the flaws in Colorado's three-strikes law and the possible paths to change it. Senator Gonzales spoke in the community conversation at the HABITUAL launch event at Denver Film. She invited guests to springboard from the stories in the podcast to get involved, to activate for a more just society and criminal-legal system.

Listen to HABITUAL episodes 2 and 5 to learn more from Senator Gonzales - as well as her colleagues and Republican opponents - about the ramifications of habitual sentencing laws.

Find the link in our bio, wherever you get your podcasts, or right here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/habitual

05/24/2026

KGNU Metro featured HABITUAL - a live conversation with CRJ's JoyBelle Phelan and Herbert Alexander and KGNU's Dave Ashton, about our new documentary podcast.

JoyBelle said it straight: Second look legislation is picking up steam: New York, Georgia, Maryland... These bills aren't about releasing everyone. They're about fixing a broken system. Will Governor Polis sign Colorado's second-look bill which just passed?

For first-person perspectives on habitual sentencing in Colorado, including the voices of some of the sponsors of the bill, listen to HABITUAL.

Listen at the link in our bio, wherever you get your podcasts, or right here: www.radioforjustice.org/habitual

05/22/2026

How does a law meant to lock up the most dangerous offenders end up changing the course of ordinary lives? The origins of Colorado's habitual sentencing laws are more troubling than you'd think.

For first-person perspectives on habitual sentencing in Colorado, listen to HABITUAL, CRJ's new documentary podcast. It includes the voices of people serving under habitual laws, data on how reform has worked elsewhere, and what a path forward could look like.

Find HABITUAL here: https://lnkd.in/gUQtazK8

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