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The FreeHer Podcast

The FreeHer Podcast

By: Andrea James
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The FreeHer Podcast raises awareness about the impact of incarceration on women and girls. Through powerful stories and bold conversations, we expose the harm caused by prisons and share strategies for healing, justice, and lasting freedom. We believe in abolition, in community, and in the power of people to create real change.Andrea James
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  • Trump’s Plan to Jail Americans Abroad: Legal or Lawless?
    May 9 2025

    The Trump administration has floated a shocking idea: sending incarcerated U.S. citizens to El Salvador’s infamous mega-prison.

    NYU Law Professor Rachel Barkow joins the FreeHer Podcast to break down this proposal's legal and constitutional dangers — and what it means for due process, citizenship rights, and the future of democracy in America.


    🔎 We explore:

    • The Supreme Court's silence and limits •
    • Due process violations and mass incarceration
    • The terrifying precedent of punishing citizens abroad


    📚 Featuring insights from Barkow’s book Justice Abandoned, this episode is a must-watch for anyone concerned about constitutional rights, mass incarceration, and government overreach.Get

    Rachel's Book Here 👉 https://geni.us/nBrEYa7


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    34 mins
  • Political Prisoners ft. Eric Episode
    Dec 22 2024

    Andrea James sits down with Eric to discuss his wife Brittany Martin and the unjust arrest and incarceration of her at a peaceful protest.


    Brittany Martin, the South Carolina activist who was arrested at a protest following the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, has been released after serving years in prison. The S.C. Department of Corrections released Ms. Martin on November 27 2024, just in time to spend Thanksgiving with her husband and children.

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    30 mins
  • Orange is the New Black ft. Piper Episode
    Dec 20 2024

    Andrea James interviews hit TV show writer and creator Piper Kerman. Piper and Andrea both share their experience incarnated at Dublin. Although they were not there at the same time the bonds created while incarcerated transcended into a real life sisterhood. After the traumas experienced while incarcerated both individuals set out in their own way to spread the awareness of women's prisons and how women are being treated unfairly and forgotten by society. As an abolitionist Andrea's goal is to end incarceration of women and girls around the world. To support go to www.freeherinstitute.com

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    31 mins

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