{"id":9746,"date":"2020-06-06T19:01:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T00:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=9746"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:38:57","slug":"hannah-bowman-prison-abolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2020\/06\/06\/hannah-bowman-prison-abolition\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Bowman: Prison Abolition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"1191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/messyjesusbusiness.com\/\/home\/custom\/public_html\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/HB-headshot-1-2019-Hannah-Bowman.jpg?fit=750%2C978&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9750 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/HB-headshot-1-2019-Hannah-Bowman.jpg 913w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/HB-headshot-1-2019-Hannah-Bowman-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/HB-headshot-1-2019-Hannah-Bowman-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/HB-headshot-1-2019-Hannah-Bowman-768x1002.jpg 768w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/HB-headshot-1-2019-Hannah-Bowman-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/HB-headshot-1-2019-Hannah-Bowman-77x100.jpg 77w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Fundamentally prisons are not broken; they are designed to do something that is wrong.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p> &#8212;<em>Hannah Bowman, <\/em><\/p><p><em>Founder of Christians for the Abolition of Prisons<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Season 1. Episode 4 of Messy Jesus Business, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Hannah Bowman: Prison Abolition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LISTEN HERE:<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fmessyjesusbusiness%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fmessyjesusbusiness%2FMJB_Episode_4-Hannah_Bowman-Prison_Abolition-6_6_20_.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomwordpresssites.com%2Fmjb%2F2020%2F06%2F06%2Fhannah-bowman-prison-abolition%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a 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GUEST:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hannah Bowman is a literary agent at Liza Dawson Associates, a graduate student in theology at Mount Saint Mary&#8217;s University, Los Angeles, a volunteer chaplain in the LA County Jails, the coordinator for the pilot circle for a new Circles of Support and Accountability re-entry program in LA, and the founder of Christians for the Abolition of Prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHOW NOTES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christiansforabolition.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9756\" width=\"327\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image1.png 768w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image1-150x150.png 150w, 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