Messy Jesus Business

Hannah Bowman: Prison Abolition
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. Email us at messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com LISTEN HERE: