Pat Nolan is the Director of the American Conservative Union Foundation’s Center for Criminal Justice Reform. Nolan is a leading voice on criminal justice reform, highlighting the skyrocketing costs of prison, fiscal responsibility in the criminal justice system and reforms for non-violent offenders. He is an author, speaker, lecturer, and is frequently an expert witness at Congressional hearings on important issues such as prison work programs, juvenile justice, prison safety, offender reintegration and religious freedom. He has lectured at many judicial conferences and legal conventions. Nolan was member of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. He also served on the National Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons. Pat is a leader in the Right on Crime project. Pat earned both his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and his Juris Doctorate at the University of Southern California. Pat and his wife Gail have three children. The Nolans live in Leesburg, Virginia and are members of the St. John the Apostle Parish