Pursuing Justice

Dario Pena knows how to play an incarcerated man in the movie "Sing Sing" (on HBO MAX) because he did 17 years at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He was paroled 5 years ago, having earned both a B.S. from Mercy University and a Masters Degree in Professional Studies from New York Theological Seminary. He is employed at Columbia University as a recruitment and community partnerships manager at The Center For Justice. 

He helped found a nonprofit called "Voices From Within Project" while he was doing time at Sing Sing. The project creates an opportunity to hear offenders share their stories in order to help young people think about the consequences of their actions. This is done in a multimedia format where just the offender is speaking from the heart.

Watch the trailer for Sing Sing here.
Watch Dario's clip for Voices from Within here.

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information.