Can diverse groups join to reform prisons?

Can people from different political backgrounds come together to work for prison reform? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about various efforts to reform the prison system in the US. Today, 2.3 million prisoners are in US jails, costing more than $44 billion. In California, more money is spent on prisons than education. What will it take to reform the system? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are groups with different political backgrounds joining forces? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Pat Nolan is president of Justice Fellowship, a Christian-based organization that works for criminal justice reform.

Robert Perkinson, assistant professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii and the author of Texas Tough: The Rise of a Prison Empire

Tim Cavanaugh, Reason Magazine managing editor

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