Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better by Maya Schenwar

Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better

Maya Schenwar

228 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology emotional reflective medium-paced
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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 nurture...

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