This week on the pod we talk to Virla Spencer and Camerina Zorrozua of The Way to Justice, a newish non-profit that helps people get their lives back after run ins with the criminal legal system.
This week on the pod we talk to Virla Spencer and Camerina Zorrozua of The Way to Justice, a newish non-profit that helps people get their lives back after run ins with the criminal legal system.
Cam works primarily in post-conviction relief — helping people who have been locked up — while Virla runs the re-licensing program, helping poor folks who have lost their drivers license due to an inability to pay fines or other reasons to create a path back to just having the basic mobility most of us take for granted.
These two are larger than life personalities separately. Together they’re pretty close to a force of nature.
If you like what you hear, you can support their work at www.thewaytojustice.com
Further Study
- HOW IT STARTED: Blueprint for Reform | Creating an Efficient and Effective Regional Criminal Justice System
- HOW IT’S GOING: Blueprint Status Report (not great tbh)
- Spokane County incarceration data - updated frequently
- Senate bill that would end suspension of licenses for failure to pay fines.