Justin Douglas

Yeah, I mean, it's heavy. And I mean, I very much for quite a while was not dealing with it. Like I was okay until I wasn't okay. And like I was having heart palpitations, flipping out, panic attack, and genuinely thought that I was dying. So I was in the hospital.

Yeah, I mean, it's heavy. And I mean, I very much for quite a while was not dealing with it. Like I was okay until I wasn't okay. And like I was having heart palpitations, flipping out, panic attack, and genuinely thought that I was dying. So I was in the hospital.

You just feel a responsibility to the people, which weighs on you. And then with like several years of just living in that space of like reading autopsies and talking to people like, I mean, just get your head in that. And again, I was OK until I wasn't OK. I think I've gotten a lot better, got a lot better of how to deal with it.

You just feel a responsibility to the people, which weighs on you. And then with like several years of just living in that space of like reading autopsies and talking to people like, I mean, just get your head in that. And again, I was OK until I wasn't OK. I think I've gotten a lot better, got a lot better of how to deal with it.

I always want to walk the line of like that trauma is real and we need to deal with it, but never try to act like the vicarious trauma that I deal with is anything compared to like the trauma that, you know, like Nicole Banks or, you know, your family or Jamal Cromwell's family or anybody else deals with, with losing someone.

I always want to walk the line of like that trauma is real and we need to deal with it, but never try to act like the vicarious trauma that I deal with is anything compared to like the trauma that, you know, like Nicole Banks or, you know, your family or Jamal Cromwell's family or anybody else deals with, with losing someone.

What gives me anxiety is, am I doing justice to the people who are actually impacted by it? That's the stuff that absolutely keeps me up at night. It's not just, you know, names on a page like these are human beings. There are families. And then when they're calling me, they're there.

What gives me anxiety is, am I doing justice to the people who are actually impacted by it? That's the stuff that absolutely keeps me up at night. It's not just, you know, names on a page like these are human beings. There are families. And then when they're calling me, they're there.

It's just not a job. I mean, it's more. One of the things that gives me hope as a journalist is seeing local reporters doing this kind of work to expose corruption in jails and the fact that there's an audience and a desire to hear the stories like this that promise change. Do you find that there's a growing interest among community members and constituents to see change happen at the local level?

It's just not a job. I mean, it's more. One of the things that gives me hope as a journalist is seeing local reporters doing this kind of work to expose corruption in jails and the fact that there's an audience and a desire to hear the stories like this that promise change. Do you find that there's a growing interest among community members and constituents to see change happen at the local level?

Do you guys ever get together outside of DCP? Are you friends or do you only hang out whenever the power goes out inside of the chair?

Do you guys ever get together outside of DCP? Are you friends or do you only hang out whenever the power goes out inside of the chair?

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Sound design and mixing by Jay Rothman. Sound supervisor is Marcelino Villalpando. Music supervisor is Scott Velasquez for Freesun Sync. Senior managing producer is Lutta Pandya. Managing producers are Heather Beloga and Matt Gant. Senior Development Editor is Rachel B. Doyle. Development Producer is Olivia Weber. Executive Producers for Advanced Local are Richard Diamond and Selena Roberts.

Sound design and mixing by Jay Rothman. Sound supervisor is Marcelino Villalpando. Music supervisor is Scott Velasquez for Freesun Sync. Senior managing producer is Lutta Pandya. Managing producers are Heather Beloga and Matt Gant. Senior Development Editor is Rachel B. Doyle. Development Producer is Olivia Weber. Executive Producers for Advanced Local are Richard Diamond and Selena Roberts.

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Executive Producers are Nigeri Eaton, George Lavender, Marshall Louis, and Jen Sargent for Wondery.