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This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fleury-Steiner and Longazel emphasize the magnitude of mass imprisonment in the United States, especially of people of color, not by objective statistics and trends, but by the voices and lived experiences of individuals who live their harsh conditions on a daily basis. This is an ideal book for courses in corrections, social problems, criminology, and prisoner re-entry.
This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fleury-Steiner and Longazel emphasize the magnitude of mass imprisonment in the United States, especially of people of color, not by objective statistics and trends, but by the voices and lived experiences of individuals who live their harsh conditions on a daily basis. This is an ideal book for courses in corrections, social problems, criminology, and prisoner re-entry.
For many soldiers, the end of military service signals a cruel and new beginning. Disposable Heroes illuminates the challenges facing many veterans, particularly African Americans. Rather than finding military service to be a path to equality and upward mobility, these veterans fight just to survive. The book draws on in-depth interviews and national survey data to show the ways America is failing many black veterans today. Author Benjamin Fleury-Steiner shares the remarkable stories of 30 veterans from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. Their words illustrate the ongoing impact of explicit racial oppression such as Jim Crow segregation, white backlash against integration, and racially targeted criminal justice policies. The book traces the persistent role of racial inequalities in African American veterans' lives before service, during active duty, and particularly after military life. Taken together, the stories in Disposable Heroes paint a compelling story of hope, struggle, and survival. Disposable Heroes makes a powerful case for ending America's longstanding "war at home"-enduring unemployment, deficient health care, and substandard housing-that continue to plague many urban African American communities in the United States today, with particular attention to challenges of African American veterans.
"The HIV+ men incarcerated in Limestone Prison's Dorm 16 were
put there to be forgotten. Not only do Benjamin Fleury-Steiner and
Carla Crowder bring these men to life, Fleury-Steiner and Crowder
also insist on placing these men in the middle of critical
conversations about health policy, mass incarceration, and race.
Dense with firsthand accounts, "Dying Inside" is a nimble,
far-ranging and unblinking look at the cruelty inherent in our
current penal policies." "The looming prison health crisis, documented here at its
extreme, is a shocking stain on American values and a clear
opportunity to rethink our carceral approach to security." ""Dying Inside" is a riveting account of a health crisis in a
hidden prison facility." "This fresh and original study should prick all of our
consciences about the horrific consequences of the massive carceral
state the United States has built over the last three
decades." "An important, bold, and humanitarian book." "Fleury-Steiner makes a compelling case that inmate health care
in America's prisons and jails has reached the point of
catastrophe." "Fleury-Steiner's persuasive argument not only exposes the sins
of commission and omission on prison cellblocks, but also does an
excellent job of showing how these problems are the natural result
of our nation's shortsighted and punitive criminal justice
policy." Dying Inside brings the reader face-to-face with the nightmarish conditions inside Limestone Prison's Dorm 16---the segregated HIV ward. Here, patients chained to beds share their space with insects and vermin in the filthy, drafty rooms, and contagious diseases spread like wildfire through a population with untreated---or poorly managed at best---HIV. While Dorm 16 is a particularly horrific human rights tragedy, it is also a symptom of a disease afflicting the entire U.S. prison system. In recent decades, prison populations have exploded as Americans made mass incarceration the solution to crime, drugs, and other social problems even as privatization of prison services, especially health care, resulted in an overcrowded, underfunded system in which the most marginalized members of our society slowly wither from what the author calls "lethal abandonment." This eye-opening account of one prison's failed health-care standards is a wake-up call, asking us to examine how we treat our forgotten citizens and compelling us to rethink the American prison system in this increasingly punitive age.
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