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What is Prison For? Piper Kerman and Glenn Martin

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 13, 2014

What's the goal of prison, and what kinds of punishments work and don't work within the prison system? Two people who've been incarcerated discuss: Glenn Martin, head of JustLeadershipUSA, and Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black and prison reform advocate and board member of the Women's Prison Association, discuss, and we take calls from listeners who've moved through the justice system.

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