We’re talking about our prison system – with activist Kevin Powell, who’s running for Congress in the 10th congressional district in Brooklyn and has spent some time working in a youth prison upstate. We’re talking with him about his thoughts on the problems faced by youth offenders in New York and in other urban centers.

We’ll also be joined by journalist Gilbert King, author of “THE EXECUTION OF WILLIE FRANCIS: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South” with his story on cruel and unusual punishment and the outrageous case that sparked his interest in the criminal justice system.

And NEXT WEEK: Jenny Phillips, director, producer of “THE DHAMMA BROTHERS,” joins us to talk about her new film that tells the story of prisoners finding freedom through mediation . . . and we just might learn a thing or two from their practice.