445 | How We Can Improve Public Safety with Mercy and Compassion w/Emily Galvin Almanza
Podcast:Public Defenseless Published On: Mon Feb 16 2026 Description: Today, Hunter was joined once again by Emily Galvin Almanza, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Partners for Justice and author of a new book, The Price of Mercy. In it, Emily expertly weaves together stories from her decades of work in Public Defense with social science that shows the benefits of non-carceral solutions to public safety issues. Guest: Emily Galvin Almanza, Author, The Price of Mercy, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Partners for Justice Resources: Pick up a Copy of the Book!! https://www.emilygalvinalmanza.com/ Follow Emily on Social Media https://x.com/GalvinAlmanza https://bsky.app/profile/galvinalmanza.bsky.social Sign up for the ABA Public Defender Summit https://events.americanbar.org/event/12d07164-1011-4723-9352-e8e3168db945/welcome Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home