A Slice of the Community – Does Criminal Punishment Keep Us Safe?

Nashville PBS host Jerome Moore leads guests in a discussion inspired by “Crime and Punishment in America,” a new PBS documentary.
About this Event

WNPT’s Jerome Moore and guests Rahim Buford, founder and executive director of Unheard Voices Outreach; Preston Shipp, chief legal counsel, Fair and Just Prosecution; and Dr. James Pratt, founding director of the Justice Propulsion Lab at Fisk University; have a conversation inspired by the PBS documentary Crime and Punishment in America. They’ll discuss crime, punishment, accountability, rehabilitation and redemption – and whether America’s approach to punishment truly keeps victims and communities safe.

This event is free, but reservations are required. Pizza will be provided.

Doors open at 6 p.m.; the taping begins promptly at 6:30 p.m.

A Slice of the Community is supported by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and R.H. Boyd.