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Corrections in Ink: A Memoir by Keri Blakinger
4.0
emotional informative inspiring

Definitely a more reportorial writing style than I usually read/prefer, which at times felt jarring and overly blunt/straightforward.

However, her story was great and this was super for personal insight into the criminal justice system. Blakinger wrote this at a good time in life, I felt like she had appropriately reflected on her actions and her habit of keeping a journal allowed her to intersperse her contemporary feelings with her subsequent reflections. I was most struck by all the petty humiliations and challenges of life inside, beyond the normal challenges of being away from society.