Join hosts Linda and Daniel Simms with special guests Jessica San Luis and Phillip A. Jones for a new episode of the podcast, "DefundDOC." This episode takes a deep dive into the serious issues with Securus Technologies, a communication provider for incarcerated individuals.

Guest Jessica San Luis breaks down the contract between Securus and the Washington State Department of Corrections (WA DOC), highlighting how the department profits from the service while families and inmates suffer from frequent outages. The discussion also touches on the pervasive service failures and the monopoly Securus holds over inmate communication services.

Could co-host Daniel J. Simms come home soon? After twenty years of wrongful incarceration and fourteen years left on his slow death sentence Daniel is closer than ever to going home. Renown attorney, Arian Noma, from the greatly accomplished legal aid nonprofit, The Way to Justice, has taken Daniel's case! Arian joins us to share his remarkable path to law school. Becoming the foremost expert in both adult and juvenile criminal law. He reveals how close he came to becoming a criminal Defendant himself due to gun possession. The knowledge and wisdom Arian shares about the failures of the criminal justice system is profound. The passion he has for all troubled Americans is obvious and genuine. Listen as Arian details the path forward.

Now comes the long hours and hard work to put together a clemency/resentencing packet that meets guidelines and regulations. Arian will have two opportunities to present the case for Daniel's early release. The first opportunity will be through a Petition for Resentencing to the King County Prosecutor Lisa Manion. The second is through a Clemency Petition to the State of Washington Governor Bob Ferguson. Neither petition is going to be easy. Therefore all the thoughts, prayers, and support you provide is greatly appreciated.

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A near death experience propelled Thomas "Tom" Harvey to drop everything and become a Christian missionary. Travelling across the globe to bring the good news of Christ to others. Spending an eye opening ten years in Communist China. Then returning to America and donating his time to many worthy causes. Tom explains that in elementary school he was given another child's name and address in a neighboring town. He was directed to write them. Which he did frequently. But at the end of the school year he met his pen pal friend. This experience instilled a deep joy for letter writing that withstood all these years. Culminating in a solid pen pal friendship with our co-host Daniel. Tom has developed and fostered many pen pal friendships like this. Demonstrating how incredibly rewarding it can be to look past the stigmas and prejudices that prisoners endure to see the actual humans. Connecting on a higher level than you may ever have believed. The debilitating loneliness and despair experienced by U.S. prisoners is slightly alleviated when remarkable people reach through the prison walls to connect.

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In this profound wide ranging conversation we interview Brenton Barber a Super Lawyer, former Prosecutor, and Criminal Appellate Attorney based in Phoenix, Arizona, that represents Christopher Norris which was interviewed on DefundDOC.net episode forty. Brenton shares his remarkable personal journey. Explaining why he fights so hard for those harmed by the justice system. Detailing how he struggled, like hundreds of thousands of other Americans, with opioid use disorder. Finally overcoming his debilitating addiction to become a fierce advocate for the American people. Becoming a tribal prosecutor. A Special U.S. Attorney. And now a Super Lawyer Criminal Appellate Attorney that represents innocent man Christopher Norris. Brenton argues convincingly that many innocent Americans, like Christopher, will plead guilty due to judicial coercion. Brenton goes in depth on the trend of legal professionals using artificial intelligence in their court filings. Listen to his prognostication on the possible wide spread usage of A.I. in the legal field. Brenton does not just talk either. When he was a prosecutor he tackled bail reform. And stunningly when he was robbed at gun point he went to the sentencing judge of his perpetrator and sought mercy. Seeking no prison time for the Offender due to the failure of mass incarceration. Thankfully the Judge granted his request and sentenced the perpetrator to intensive probation. Proving that imprisonment is not the answer. Restoration and Rehabilitation is the answer. Brenton's story of the robber's sentence hit co-host Daniel J. Simms profoundly as his botched drug deal turned alleged robbery was less severe yet he received a thirty four year prison sentence. Co-host Daniel is just one of millions of Americans sentenced to slow death sentences due to dumb on crime laws. This freewheeling conversation will open your eyes to many explosive topics. Do not miss it!

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Life Coach CW and Cween are on a mission to coach others on how to be the best versions of themselves. Sweethearts since childhood their love story was disrupted by the corrupt criminal justice system. Life Coach CW went to prison. Cween's brother was incarcerated multiple times. While in prison both of them had their labor exploited through slavery. Their family and friends had their funds extracted through expensive phone calls and commissary. There was inadequate opportunities for formal eduction or career trainings. Such systemic injustices have harmed Americans across the Country. Yet, Life Coach CW did not let the evil system keep him ensnared in a cycle of recidivism. He committed to self-educating himself. Lifting himself out of wrongful criminalistic thinking to a new mindset of helping others. Coaching them to achieve excellence. With Cween by his side they have changed the game on "hard-on-crime" politicians and mass media that have spent their lives demonizing felons. Demonstrating with their actions that troubled Americans can mature, age, and grow out of crime and become productive members of society. Listen to how they bootstrapped their successes with hard work and their own funds. This episode will open your eyes to the true potential of all our people. Even those that make a bad felonious decision.

Please remember to get your free digital copy of either book, THE ART OF LIVING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN LIFE AND BUSINESS I LEARNED IN BUSINESS, or, DEFUND D.O.C.: TURN ALL PRISONS INTO TREATMENT AND CAREER CENTERS. Go subscribe now for your free copy at DefundDOC.net.

Love notes from behind prison bars. In this exciting episode incarcerated Americans send their Valentine's Day messages to their loved ones. Breaking false stereotypes and prejudices that those inside are unloved or forgotten. For generations the mass media and corrupt politicians have spewed propaganda demonizing fellow Americans that made bad decisions. Using crime as a pretext to systemically enslave them in cruel prison conditions. A blatant crime against humanity. Exploiting their loved ones. Extracting vast sums from their communities. Saddling debilitating court debts on them. Ensuring cycles of impoverishment. Keeping troubled Americans uneducated and untreated. Handicapping their ability to rehabilitate. Surrounding them in artificial environments of extreme violence. Further traumatizing them. DefundDOC.net seeks to disrupt these evil paradigms. Envisioning a criminal-justice system that truly focuses on restoring our troubled Americans into productive members of society. To do that we must bring society into the prisons. Prisoners should be allowed to invite their significant others, children, or family members to spend days inside. Smartphones, laptops, and internet access should be readily available. We must reform to a hyper-socialization prison system focused on educating, treating, and socializing our people. As such we speak on a wide range of matters that are important to the incarcerated community. While also discussing current legislative reform bills pending in the State of Washington. This powerful episode will enlighten you. Opening your eyes to a future

where we can unleash the full true potential of those behind bars.

EliteInmates.com pen pal website will be going LIVE soon! This will be a platform for High Quality Inmates and High Quality Connections. All Inmates will be productive members of the incarcerated community (i.e. artists/tattooist, writers, entrepreneurs, jailhouse lawyers, fitness, etc.). If you know anyone behind bars please ask them to create a list of prisoners that want more information about this! We will get on their email lists or mail them information. Contact me personally: Linda@DefundDOC.net. Thank you!

Remember all new subscribers can get a free digital copy of either, THE ART OF LIVING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN LIFE OR BUSINESS I LEARNED IN PRISON, or, DEFUND D.O.C.: TURN ALL PRISONS INTO TREATMENT AND CAREER CENTERS. Get your free book today!

Have you heard of the Hood Candidate, Andy Williams Jr., that has ran for the U.S. Presidency twice? Did you know he was a member of a gang? That he had spend time behind bars? If you have not heard his compelling journey you must hear this remarkable story. Andy embarked on his arduous journey after facing the systemic injustices rampant in the United States. Andy advocates for a new paradigm in American. One rooted in love for our fellow man or woman. Explaining that Americans with felony records must recognize that those records are incidents and badges of slavery. That it is incumbent upon Americans with felonies or their loved ones to organize and to run for political offices. Expressing that the current corrupt evil status quo of slavery and mass incarceration will continue forever unless we organize and stand together. That we collectively owe it to our children and our children's children to defund D.O.C. and abolishing prisons and turning them into treatment and career centers.

The DefundDOC.net community is nonpartisan and consists of all political parties and beliefs. Whether you are a Republican, Democrat, or Libertarian, if you have a vision to disrupt and remedy the current slave system that actually increases recidivism and crime then we want to hear from you.

Remember to get your free copy of either book, THE ART OF LIVING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN LIFE AND BUSINESS I LEARNED IN PRISON, or, DEFUND D.O.C.: TURN ALL PRISONS INTO TREATMENT AND CAREER CENTERS, for simply subscribing to the DefundDOC.net podcast.

Married couple, Christopher and Jamie, are foundational figures in the lovable Mini-Bullies industry. Founding the purposeful business, Americas Notoriouz Exoticz, a leading cutting edge breeder of designer mini-bullies. Yet what many do not know is that Christopher has been incarcerated for decades. And that he is completely innocent. A product of poverty, a troubled childhood, and pervasive gang culture, Christopher had the decks stacked against him. But it was a defective Public Defender, a overzealous Prosecutor, and prejudiced Judge that ultimately failed him. Leading to a innocent man pleading guilty, a National phenomenon plaguing our criminal-justice system, and a cruelly long slow death sentence. Nevertheless Christopher’s story was not finished. He found Jamie, and together they share how their love has persevered through the adversity and trauma of injustice and imprisonment. A true compelling journey that will wrench on your heartstrings. Exposing the corrupt U.S. mass incarceration system as a cold relic of injustice and enslavement. Revealing how the deep love and commitment by a married man and woman can surmount even the high walls of imprisonment.

Remember to get your free digital copy of either, The Art of Living: Everything You Need to Achieve Success in Life or Business I Learned in Prison, or, Defund D.O.C.: Turn All Prisons Into Treatment and Career Centers, for simply subscribing to our DefundDOC.net podcast.