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Garden of Thought E.376 Ending the Prison Cycle

Podcast: Garden of Thought
Published: May 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 3288
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Summary

Dr. Kim Nugent is the author of 10 books and started her career in hospitality, and worked her way into academia and became a College President. She developed a program that both increases the safety in maximum security prisons whilst reducing post release recidivism. We discuss this as well as other issues surrounding the prison systems.