Fundamentally prisons are not broken; they are designed to do something that is wrong." --Hannah Bowman, Founder of Christians for the Abolition of Prisons

Season 1. Episode 4 of Messy Jesus Business, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh

Hannah Bowman: Prison Abolition

IN THIS EPISODE:

In episode four, Sister Julia speaks with guest Hannah Bowman about how Chrisitans are called to work for Prison Abolition.    

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Hannah Bowman is a literary agent at Liza Dawson Associates, a graduate student in theology at Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, a volunteer chaplain in the LA County Jails, the coordinator for the pilot circle for a new Circles of Support and Accountability re-entry program in LA, and the founder of Christians for the Abolition of Prisons.

SHOW NOTES

Books Discussed:

Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and Why We Can Do Better by Maya Schenwar.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1626562695/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2PTFCA406K9UV&psc=1

Until We Reckon by Danielle Sered

https://www.amazon.com/Until-We-Reckon-Violence-Incarceration/dp/1620974797/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=until+we+reckon+Danielle&qid=1591477298&s=books&sr=1-1

MESSY JESUS BUSINESS is produced, hosted and edited by Sister Julia Walsh.

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