A review by jwinchell
Corrections in Ink: A Memoir by Keri Blakinger

5.0

Today Ryan was at a football game and the boys were busy and I did not feel like doing household stuff. So I read this amazing and beautiful and harrowing and powerful memoir and now I know so much more about jail and prison and the lawless inhumanity that can happen while people are incarcerated. I also learned about how lucky Blakinger was and is, with her whiteness and her Ivy League education and prison guard boyfriend who helped her when she was on parole and unemployed. And I learned about the amazing advocacy work she’s done in journalism since and now I’m following her everywhere I can. To understand this country, read this book.