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What's Prison For?

Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration

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On sale Oct 04, 2022 | 3 Hours and 57 Minutes | 978-0-593-66267-0
What's Prison For? examines the “incarceration” part of mass incarceration. Our prisons remain a shameful waste of lives and money, feeding a pathological cycle of poverty, community dysfunction, crime and hopelessness. What is the alternative? This book makes the case for better rehabilitation and examines attempts to assure that people return from prison better equipped than when they arrived for the challenges life presents.
Bill Keller is the executive editor of The New York Times. View titles by Bill Keller

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What's Prison For? examines the “incarceration” part of mass incarceration. Our prisons remain a shameful waste of lives and money, feeding a pathological cycle of poverty, community dysfunction, crime and hopelessness. What is the alternative? This book makes the case for better rehabilitation and examines attempts to assure that people return from prison better equipped than when they arrived for the challenges life presents.

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Bill Keller is the executive editor of The New York Times. View titles by Bill Keller

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