Former Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith discusses his riveting memoir, Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What My Year Behind Bars Taught Me about America's Prison Crisis. Tracing the cracks in America's prison walls, and exposing the shortcomings of a racially based cycle of poverty and crime, Jeff Smith blends a wry sense of humor with academic training, while providing practical solutions to jump-start the rehabilitation of the millions living behind bars.
Jeff will be in conversation with with Daniel Lurie, Founder of Tipping Point Community, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area; and Chair of the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee.
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Jeff will be in conversation with with Daniel Lurie, Founder of Tipping Point Community, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area; and Chair of the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee.
Former Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith discusses his riveting memoir, Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What My Year Behind Bars Taught Me about America's Prison Crisis. Tracing the cracks in America's prison walls, and exposing the shortcomings of a racially based cycle of poverty and crime, Jeff Smith blends a wry sense of humor with academic training, while providing practical solutions to jump-start the rehabilitation of the millions living behind bars.
Jeff will be in conversation with with Daniel Lurie, Founder of Tipping Point Community, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area; and Chair of the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee.
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Jeff will be in conversation with with Daniel Lurie, Founder of Tipping Point Community, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area; and Chair of the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee.
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