Dreams from the Monster Factory

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
What do we do with the people who get out of jail and come back to communities? Criminal justice reform expert Sunny Schwartz, asks this question in Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption, and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to All. She's joined by former prisoner Scott Schell to discuss her prisoner rehabilitation program.

Find out more Resolve to Stop the Violence Project, co-founded by Sunny Schwartz.

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