Hannah Bowman: Prison Abolition

BySister Julia Walsh

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

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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.

Until We Reckon by Danielle Sered

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

Email us at messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com

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