"My grandfather went to Sing Sing. My father, my uncle, my brother went to Sing Sing. I went to Sing Sing". Poor schools. Violent neighbourhoods. Easy drugs. No jobs. No support. No options. In the disadvantaged communities of urban America, The cradle-to-prison pipeline locks young men out of opportunity long before it locks them up. Meet 15 men doing something about it -- 15 men who got an education inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility, and used it to break out of the cycle. Today, they are role models for young men in their communities. And they are here to put a human face on effective solutions to ending the epidemic of mass incarceration in America today.

About the Author
Babita Patel is a humanitarian photographer whose work has been featured in The Guardian, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, Time Out New York, NY Daily News, The Indypendent, Activist Philanthropist, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Journal News, Alliance Life, and Corrections Today. She is the Founder & Executive Director of KIOO Project, an NGO that advances gender equality by teaching photography to girls in economically challenged communities who, in turn, teach photography to boys. Babita has also put life through the lens for organisations such as WaterAid, Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor, WASH United, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, Woman's Prison Association, The Mission Continues, The Third Wave Volunteers, Healing Haiti, Rebuilding Together NYC, Girl Be Heard, The GO Project, 3Seams, Long Island City Partnership, Print 4 Change, and Zylie & Friends. Her work has been exhibited across the world, including shows in New York, Atlanta, Santa Monica and Lisbon.

Reviews
"A must-read for those concerned with social justice changes minds on preconceived opinions about the incarcerated" Pamela Belafonte, Photographer
"Beautifully and poignantly captures [these men] as more than the crime or the time they did, and illuminates the complexity of what brought [these men] to prison, and the many ways in which they are assets to our community" Dr Geraldine Downey, Director, Center for Justice, Columbia University
"With gritty storytelling and dynamic images, this book charts the harrowing journey young men take after making the worst mistake of their lives. Society would rather write them off, but this book shows how they're writing themselves back into the stories of their communities." Sean Pica, Executive Director, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison



Book Information
ISBN 9781912157082
Author Babita Patel
Format Paperback
Page Count 120
Imprint Red Press Ltd
Publisher Red Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 574g