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Take The Next Step, Click The Link In The Image AboveRead and download Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change FullDescription Read and download Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of ChangeFull●●●●●●Author : Ben AustenPages : pagesPublisher :Language :ISBN-10 : 1250758807ISBN-13 : 9781250758804FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreakingand honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system–through the lensof parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson’sJust MercyThe United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world’s incarcerated people. Andyet apart from clichés—paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time—there is littlesense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don’t actually know
why we punish.Ben Austen’s powerful exploration offers a behind-the-scenes look at the processof parole. Told through the portraits of two men imprisoned for murder, and the parole board theholds their freedom in the balance, Austen’s unflinching storytelling forces us to reckon withsome of the most profound questions underlying the country’s values around crime andpunishment. What must someone who commits a terrible act do to get a second chance? Whatdoes incarceration seek to accomplish?An illuminating work of narrative nonfiction, Correctionchallenges us to consider for ourselves why and who we punish–and how we might find a wayout of an era of mass imprisonment.
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