Locked Down, Locked Out Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We C Format: Paperback-image

Locked Down, Locked Out Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We C Format: Paperback

$ 9.26

Item Length: 9 in Intended Audience: General/trade Narrative Type: book Type: book Topic: General, Public Policy / Social Policy, Penology, Criminology, Criminal Law / Sentencing ISBN: 9781626562691 Format: Trade Paperback Item Height: 0.7 in Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated Author: Maya Schenwar Genre: Law, Political Science, Social Science Language: English Number of Pages: 240 Pages Book Title: Locked Down, Locked Out : Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better Item Width: 6 in Publication Year: 2014 gtin13: 9781626562691 Item Weight: 11.5 Oz

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Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family’s experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety. As she vividly depicts here, incarceration takes away the very things that might enable people to build better lives. But looking toward a future beyond imprisonment, Schenwar profiles community-based initiatives that successfully deal with problems—both individual harm and larger social wrongs—through connection rather than isolation, moving toward a safer, freer future for all of us.

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