Halfway Home Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration by Reuben Jonathan Miller
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Author: Reuben Jonathan Miller | PAge: 353 | Year: 2020
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A remarkable work of scholarship and reportage by a noted sociologist that will forever change how we look at life after prison
Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people who must live with a felony record.
Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and later a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends, and their families to understand the lifelong burden that a single arrest can entail. What his work revealed is a simple, if overlooked truth: life after incarceration is its own form of prison. The idea that one can serve their debt and return to life as a full-fledge member of society is one of America's most nefarious myths. Recently released individuals are faced with the new reality of jobs that are off-limits, apartments that cannot be occupied and votes that cannot be cast.
As The Color...
Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people who must live with a felony record.
Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and later a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends, and their families to understand the lifelong burden that a single arrest can entail. What his work revealed is a simple, if overlooked truth: life after incarceration is its own form of prison. The idea that one can serve their debt and return to life as a full-fledge member of society is one of America's most nefarious myths. Recently released individuals are faced with the new reality of jobs that are off-limits, apartments that cannot be occupied and votes that cannot be cast.
As The Color...
Category:Discrimination & Racism, Criminology, Criminology
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