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

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"35,000 Americans are arrested every day, and the number of prisoners has increased 500% over the last three decades. Truthout Executive Director Maya Schenwar shows that incarceration actually doesn't deter crime, looks at its devastating effect on families and communities, and offers more humane a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schenwar, Maya
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, BK Currents Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Imprisonment > United States.
Alternatives to imprisonment > United States.
Corrections > United States.
Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States.
Justice, Administration of > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
Physical Description:vii, 228 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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.