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Corrections in Ink: A Memoir by Keri Blakinger
5.0
Keri Blakinger grew up in a life of privilege - thousands of dollars spent on figure skating lessons, classes at Harvard Summer School, and tuition free of charge, by her parents, at Cornell University. This life of luxury changed when drugs were introduced into Keri’s life, creating a downward spiral of addiction, eating disorders, mental health concerns, prostitution, shop lifting, homelessness and drug dealing. She could manage both though, right? Cornell by day, and selling her body to feed her heroin habit by night? After nine years of living this lifestyle Keri ended up in New York prison system, and this is her memoir.
“Corrections in Ink” is the brutally honest memoir of Keri’s life, where she turned her experiences with drugs and incarceration to making a difference by becoming an investigative journalist, reporting on the shortcomings of the U.S. prison system. I absolutely loved this memoir and the focus on how addiction consumes every second of someone’s life. Keri sheds light on how the system does not set anyone up for success, especially those with addiction disorders. This memoir can light a fire under anyone to get passionate about prison reform. I am dying for her to write another book documenting her extensive journalism research on prison conditions.
“Corrections in Ink” is the brutally honest memoir of Keri’s life, where she turned her experiences with drugs and incarceration to making a difference by becoming an investigative journalist, reporting on the shortcomings of the U.S. prison system. I absolutely loved this memoir and the focus on how addiction consumes every second of someone’s life. Keri sheds light on how the system does not set anyone up for success, especially those with addiction disorders. This memoir can light a fire under anyone to get passionate about prison reform. I am dying for her to write another book documenting her extensive journalism research on prison conditions.