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Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better
By Schenwar, Maya
- ISBN
- 9781626562691 9781626562714
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler
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Reviewed on January 1, 2015 | Social Sciences
Schenwar, editor in chief of social justice website Truthout, has written extensively about prisons, but the topic hit home for the author when her sister Kayla was incarcerated on drug charges. Kayla's experience in jail impelled Schenwar to pen this book in order to ask for reforms in the system. In particular, the author discusses the often overlooked effects on the family an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
