Ep. 26: Saskia Niño de Rivera | Activist & Founder of Reinserta | Fighting for victims of the prison system

This week, Everyday Ubuntu host Mungi Ngomane is joined by Saskia Niño de Rivera, a Mexican-American advocate for human rights. In this episode, Niño de Rivera spoke about the organization she founded, Reinserta, and the work it does to reform the penitentiary system in Mexico. Reinserta works with girls, boys, adolescents, and young people who have been exposed to traumatic situations due to the criminal justice system. The organization's intervention is focused on reducing risk factors in their development. This is because they know that coming from a family with a criminal history, or growing up inside a prison should not be a life sentence and predestine them to a lifetime of crime. Reinserta has had a direct positive impact on more than 2,600 people in the prison system, working annually with around 180 adolescents and young people in conflict with the law and in the process of reintegration. The organization also works with more than 200 women deprived of both liberty and their children. Saskia has become an authority on the prison system in Mexico and shares some of her important learnings with podcast listeners. To learn more about Reinserta, visit reinserta.org