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• Incarceration Nations

  a Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World

  Dreisinger, Baz, 1976-

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• Mass Incarceration on Trial

  a Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in America

  Simon, Jonathan, 1959-

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• Understanding Mass Incarceration

  a People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time

  Kilgore, James William, 1947-

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  Overview of the incarceration apparatus, describes the many competing theories of criminal justice--from rehabilitation to retribution, from restorative justice to justice reinvestment.

• Caught

  the Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics

  Gottschalk, Marie

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• Race to Incarcerate

  a Graphic Retelling

  Jones, Sabrina, 1960-

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• Just Mercy

  a Story of Justice and Redemption

  Stevenson, Bryan

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  The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.

• Are Prisons Obsolete?

  Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-

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  Angela Y. Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system as the dominant way of responding to America's social ills.

• Brothers and Keepers

  Wideman, John Edgar

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• Writing My Wrongs

  Life, Death, and Redemption in An American Prison

  Senghor, Shaka

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  Writing My Wrongs is a redemption story told through a stunningly human portrait of what it's like to grow up in the gravitational pull of poverty, violence, fear, and hopelessness.

• The House I Live in

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  For over 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities. Filmed in more than 20 states, it captures heart-wrenching stories from individuals…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Angels With Dirty Faces

  Three Stories of Crime, Prison, and Redemption

  Imarisha, Walidah

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  An exploration of crime and redemption as told through the intertwined lives of three people: the author, her adoptive, incarcerated brother Kakamia, and his jail-mate, Irish mobster James 'Jimmy Mac' McElroy.

• Inside This Place, Not of It

  Narratives From Women's Prisons

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  In their own words, the thirteen narrators in this book recount their lives leading up to incarceration and their experiences inside.

• Set Me Free

  Poems by the Women at the Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility

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  Poems by the Women at the Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility.

• Locked Down, Locked Out

  Why Prison Doesn't Work--and How We Can Do Better

  Schenwar, Maya

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  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 and more effective alternatives.

• Burning Down the House

  the End of Juvenile Prison

  Bernstein, Nell

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  In a clear-eyed indictment of the juvenile justice system run amok, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein shows that there is no right way to lock up a child.

• No Choirboy

  Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row

  Kuklin, Susan,

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  No Choirboy takes readers inside America's prisons and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves.

• The New Jim Crow

  Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

  Alexander, Michelle

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  The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights community - and all of us - to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America.

• Let's Get Free

  a Hip-hop Theory of Justice

  Butler, Paul, 1961-

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  Paul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard graduate - until he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit.

• This Place Is Hell

  Poetry & Art by Minnesota Youth Incarcerated

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  This collection provides a space and place for the voices of youth who are incarcerated to critically express their experiences related to the criminal justice system, school system, and their community.

• The Other Wes Moore

  One Name, Two Fates

  Moore, Wes, 1978-

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  Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence…Read moreRead more of this annotation