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A review by sarahscott917
This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life by Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods
5.0
I heard about the book before I knew about the podcast so I went into this with zero expectations. It's really a great glimpse into prison life and how serving time affects the prisoners and their loved ones. Poor and Woods purposefully choose to focus on similarities to life inside and out, and they really drive home the message while humanizing the people they interview.
While "Just Mercy" was a great glimpse at the failures of an unjust court system and the horror and injustice of death row told through the lens of a lawyer, this book offers a glimpse of how the court system and prison system fail millions of Americans told through the lens of the prisoners and their loved ones. It's especially timely to read this when Aguilera-Mederos, the truck driver in CO whose accident killed 4 people, is sentenced to 110 years while Kim Potter, the MN cop who killed Daunte Wright, only faces up to 15 years. What's also sad is how easy it is to live life outside without any passing thought to people stuck in prison. I hope the book and podcast continue to light a fire for prison reform.
While "Just Mercy" was a great glimpse at the failures of an unjust court system and the horror and injustice of death row told through the lens of a lawyer, this book offers a glimpse of how the court system and prison system fail millions of Americans told through the lens of the prisoners and their loved ones. It's especially timely to read this when Aguilera-Mederos, the truck driver in CO whose accident killed 4 people, is sentenced to 110 years while Kim Potter, the MN cop who killed Daunte Wright, only faces up to 15 years. What's also sad is how easy it is to live life outside without any passing thought to people stuck in prison. I hope the book and podcast continue to light a fire for prison reform.