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Locked down, locked out : why prison doesn''t work and how we can do better / Maya Schenwar.

Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety. As she v...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Schenwar, Maya
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, US : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., ©2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Imprisonment > United States.
Alternatives to imprisonment > United States.
Corrections > United States.
Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States.
Justice, Administration of > United States.
Alternatives to imprisonment.
Corrections.
Criminals > Rehabilitation.
Imprisonment.
Justice, Administration of.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Into the hole
  • The visiting room
  • The 100-year communication rewind
  • On the homefront
  • "Only her first bid"
  • Disposable babies
  • The case for a pen pal
  • Working from the inside out : decarcerate!
  • Telling stories
  • The peace room
  • A wakeup
  • Epilogue: Not an ending.

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