EP1: Behind the Scenes

Justice Impacted with Kristine Bunch

Jul 15 2022 • 17 mins

Listen to the ladies behind How to Justice and Interrogating Justice. It is one organization with two parts assisting many justice impacted people and their loved ones. The goal is to shed light on the inequalities of the justice system and offer a vetted resource database to help everyone as they navigate arrest, incarceration and release.

Bridgett Hurley is the Executive Director of Interrogating Justice. She began her career at the Death Penalty Resource Center in North Carolina and has volunteered with People of Faith Against the Death Penalty and Catholic Prison Ministry. Bridgett currently is a member of the North Carolina Bar and a Leadership Training Director with Leaders In the Arena as well as a foster mom.

Danie Watson-Goetz is a writer, editor, and social media manager that serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Interrogating Justice. She manages the Interrogating Justice team and handles day-to-day operations for the organization. Before helping launch both Interrogating Justice and How to Justice, Danie lived in Pennsylvania where she worked in the classroom as an adjunct professor at Lackawanna College, and currently teaches at Lack as part of their eLearning platform. She also served as the Employment Instructor for the flagship Volunteers of America Shelter to Work Program, which was created to assist women obtain employment, housing, and empowerment. Danie’s work has always prioritized education and empowerment. Her work in higher education and nonprofits especially drew her to this project because she believes that education is at the cornerstone of reform.

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the Snow Files Podcast

Announcer: Eric Brenner, actor and voice over artist

How to Justice is a non-profit group that seeks to raise up justice-impacted people. Its goal? Provide easy-to-read answers to your questions about your rights before, during and after prison.

Interrogating Justice is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Our team of attorneys, advocates and allies take on some of the biggest legal, social and ethical justice-reform issues today. Our goal is simple: help shed light on the obstacles preventing our justice system from being just.

Donate: We have the largest database of resources for justice impacted people in the United States. Your donation will help us continue to educate justice-impacted individuals about the law and how to protect the rights that they are entitled to under it. It will pay for writers, fact checkers, and Spanish translators as well as outreach efforts. Any amount will help.

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