173: Life after Life without Parole (David Carrillo)

About this episode

David Carrillo discusses his journey from life without parole to finding purpose, touching on various aspects of prison life and education.

This week author, academic and previously incarcerated rock star David Carrillo stops back by to talk about his new book, Kiko: From Life without Parole to Life with Purpose, available wherever you buy books. We discuss prison politics, drugs in prison, slow and fast changes in perspective through aging and experience, academics in prison, the concept of redemption, morality, prison media and his continuing role as an in-prison educator working with multiple colleges in Colorado. You ca...

People in this episode

Host: Benjamin Boyce

Guest: David Carrillo

Topics covered

• prison politics
• redemption
• morality
• in-prison education
• drugs in prison
• perspective changes

Keywords

• David Carrillo
• life without parole
• redemption
• prison education
• Kiko
• morality
• prison politics
• drugs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Colorado colleges

Books & works: Kiko: From Life without Parole to Life with Purpose

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