The Foster Care-to-Prison Pipeline: Civil Rights Attorney Doc Martin Exposes the System

Host:  Amir Whitaker  (@Drknucklehead_esq) and Diana Barbadillo (@deeeeezzyyy)

Guest: Chris Martin ( @doc_martin88) 

Civil rights attorney and activist Chris "Doc Martin" Martin joins the Know Your Rights Camp podcast to expose how the child welfare system funnels Black children into incarceration. From his roots in South Central LA to co-founding the Reimagine Child Safety Coalition, Doc Martin breaks down the systemic failures connecting foster care and mass incarceration. He also shares his frontline legal work defending protesters, challenging prosecutorial power, and using art to envision a world free from cycles of violence and state surveillance.

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