JUMBLED JUSTICE

1. In the News 2. Mike Thompson discusses changing prison policies as states grapple with budget gaps. Some states are spending money to help ex-convicts find jobs to keep them from ending up back in prison and others are looking at private prisons. According to Pew Center on the States, the U.S. prison population has increased more than 700 percent in the past 40 years and states spend up to $50 billion every year on prison budgets. 3. Book Talk. 4. Listener Calls