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From Prisoner to Professor with Aaron Kinzel

On today's episode of Felony Friday host John Odermatt is joined by Aaron Kinzel. Aaron is a professor at the University of Michigan, a criminal justice reform advocate, and a formerly incarcerated individual. Aaron spent several months in juvenile detention facilities during his youth and nearly ten years straight in adult prisons.Upon release from prison Aaron was able to leave the life of crime that he led as a young teenager behind. Aaron chose to pursue a future in higher education and community engagement to create safe neighborhoods and to assist the formerly incarcerated to become productive and law-abiding citizens.Find past editions of Felony Friday at the Felony Friday Archive!Support the Lions of Liberty by becoming a member of the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon! Gain access to bonus audio and video content, as well as merchandise, our daily Liberty News links, a monthly conference call with the crew and so much more!Join the conversation in our private Facebook group: The Lions of Liberty Forum!Never miss an episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast and subscribe for free via iTunes (don’t forget to leave us a rating and review ;) )- or the Stitcher Radio App.Check out our full catalog of interviews in the podcast archive.The Lions of Liberty are on Twitter, Facebook & check out our YouTube Channel!