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What's Prison For? - Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Paperback)
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What's Prison For? - Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Paperback)
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What happens inside our prisons? What's Prison For? examines the
"incarceration" part of "mass incarceration." What happens inside
prisons and jails, where nearly two million Americans are held?
Bill Keller, one of America's most accomplished journalists, has
spent years immersed in the subject. He argues that the most
important role of prisons is preparing incarcerated people to be
good neighbors and good citizens when they return to society, as
the overwhelming majority will. Keller takes us inside the walls of
our prisons, where we meet men and women who have found purpose
while in state custody; American corrections officials who have set
out to learn from Europe's state-of-the-art prison campuses; a
rehab unit within a Pennsylvania prison, dubbed Little Scandinavia,
where lifers serve as mentors; a college behind bars in San
Quentin; a women's prison that helps imprisoned mothers bond with
their children; and Keller's own classroom at Sing Sing. Surprising
in its optimism, What's Prison For? is an indispensable guide on
how to improve our prison system, and a powerful argument that the
status quo is a shameful waste of human potential.
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