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The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family by Sylvia A. Harvey

5.0

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Such an important book: what The New Jim Crow first cracked open, The Shadow System reveals the deep veins and long-lasting impact of the U.S. penal system on the entire familial structure. Harvey chose three families to focus on and tell their stories in immersive vignettes, and extremely effective technique. Well-written, deeply-reported and perspective changing.