The Future of Incarceration: A Discussion with Colleen P. Eren
The United States has long been associated with a very harsh criminal justice system with, in some cases, people serving long sentence for minor crimes. But attempts to reform the system have proven very difficult. In her new book\xa0Reform Nation:\xa0The First Step Act and the Movement to End Mass Incarceration\xa0(Stanford UP, 2023),\xa0Colleen P. Eren explains why.\xa0Listen to her in conversation with Owen Bennett Jones.\nOwen Bennett-Jones\xa0is a freelance journalist and writer. A former BBC correspondent and presenter he has been a resident foreign correspondent in Bucharest, Geneva, Islamabad, Hanoi and Beirut. He is recently wrote a history of the Bhutto dynasty which was published by Yale University Press.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law