Tim Cavanaugh Talks Prisons Live on KALW San Francisco

Reason.com managing editor Tim Cavanaugh talks about prisons on Your Call on KALW Radio in San Francisco. 

Subject: "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?"

Airing live right about now. 

Bay Areans: Tune your transistors to 91.7 on your FM dial.

All others, listen live here.  

Comments

[Quetzalcoatl]

Which one of those two is Tim Cavanaugh?

[heller]

Definitely the top one.

[rather]

helle, I thought your 'twin reply' was...can't say the word...it gives me cramps

[rather]

the link brought me to the BBC

[rather]

In Arizona, campaign finance reports show that executives at CCA contributed $1,080
of the $51,193 in seed money for Governor Jan Brewer's 2010 gubernatorial campaign, in
addition to a $10,000 donation to the "Yes on100" campaign ? a state sales tax initiative
heavily promoted by the Governor.8 The state recently reopened the contract process for 5,000
private prison beds, despite a 2010 state audit that found that private prisons cost taxpayers more
money per inmate.

http://www.afscme.org/news/pub.....illing.pdf
"What will it take to reform the system?"

It will take the ending of profit.