How are prisons tearing families and communities apart? How does this institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans decimate poor communities of color? What community-based initiatives foster antiracist, anticlassist, prohumanity approaches to justice? Check out this edition of A Public Affair to find out more!

On Wednesday, April 1st our host Karma Chavez was joined by author Maya Schenwar to discuss her book, Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better.