Description
The United States, a single country, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated population. More than 850,000 Americans are currently on parole. Yet the parole system is opaque, a confounding process riddled with inequities. Few understand parole as the extraordinary pivot point it is - both in the country's changing conceptions of justice and in the cycle of mass incarceration. Through its portraits of two men, imprisoned for murder, and the parole board that holds their freedom in the balance, Correction offers a behind-the-curtain look at the process of parole. Austen's engaging storytelling forces a reckoning with some of the most profound questions underlying the country's values around crime and punishment: What must someone who commits a terrible act do to get a second chance? What does incarceration seek to accomplish? An illuminating work of narrative nonfiction, Correction challenges us to consider for ourselves why and who we punish - and how we might find a way out of an era of mass imprisonment.
From the critically acclaimed author of High-Risers comes an urgent and intimately human investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice through the lens of parole. "Correction ranks among the very best books on life inside and outside of prison I have ever read." ?Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted
About the Author
Ben Austen is a journalist from Chicago. He is the author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing, which was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction and named one of the best books of 2018 by Booklist, Mother Jones, and the public libraries of Chicago and St. Louis. A former editor at Harper's Magazine, Ben is the cohost of the podcast Some of My Best Friends Are. His feature writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Wired, and many other publications.
Book Information
ISBN 9781250758804
Author Ben Austen
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Flatiron Books
Publisher Flatiron Books
Weight(grams) 512g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 166mm * 30mm
From the critically acclaimed author of High-Risers comes an urgent and intimately human investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice through the lens of parole. "Correction ranks among the very best books on life inside and outside of prison I have ever read." ?Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted
About the Author
Ben Austen is a journalist from Chicago. He is the author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing, which was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction and named one of the best books of 2018 by Booklist, Mother Jones, and the public libraries of Chicago and St. Louis. A former editor at Harper's Magazine, Ben is the cohost of the podcast Some of My Best Friends Are. His feature writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Wired, and many other publications.
Book Information
ISBN 9781250758804
Author Ben Austen
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Flatiron Books
Publisher Flatiron Books
Weight(grams) 512g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 166mm * 30mm
