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- Correction : Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
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Correction : Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
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English
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2023
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Sociology / General, Penology, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
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"This is everything you could hope for in a book: an engrossing narrative of two men doing hard time, a deeply-researched history of incarceration in America, and a damn good read . Austen's exhaustive reporting forces us to consider anew the nature of violence, the capriciousness of the justice system, our belief in second chances, and the purpose of punishment altogether. 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 " Correction is a marvel of meticulous reporting . Ben Austen has crafted an unsparing, vivid and deeply human portrait not only of the two men at the heart of the story, but the entire system that will determine their fate. If we are to have an honest dialogue about criminal justice in this nation we must grapple with our deeply flawed parole practices. This book should be at the center of that conversation ." --Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School " Equal parts absolutely riveting, extraordinarily moving, and utterly appalling , Ben Austen's latest excavation of another American policy that promised to make the nation better off, but instead ravaged the lives of countless of its citizens, leaves one haunted, but more determined than ever to do things very, very differently moving forward. One of the best books I have read in a long time. " -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy " Correction takes head-on the hard issues of parole, and explains why we, of all civilized people, lock up more of our own than any other country. Through the lives of two men who served far too much time, Ben Austen bares the awful truth, but also shows a way out of our mess. This book should be required reading for every lawyer and law student. " --John Grisham , author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Innocent Man "In Correction, Ben Austen investigates America's painful criminal-justice crossroads with a necessary urgency and an inspiring moral clarity. Are human beings capable of change? Is forgiveness actually possible? Do we as a society really want justice, or revenge? Austen bears down on these questions with engrossing immersive reportage and transcendent heart and soul. The result is invaluable--and unforgettable ." --Robert Kolker, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road " Correction is non-fiction storytelling at its finest. The award-winning journalist Ben Austen follows the harrowing fifty-year journey of two men, convicted of horrific crimes, and their path to parole. And yet the question of whether they will be released or not, or of their innocence, is really a poignant and powerful story about our guilt for building the most punitive and shameful punishment system in the world, and our willingness, as a society, to change ." --Khalil Gibran Muhammad , author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America "In Correction , Ben Austen masterfully brings to life the very real human conditions that underlie an otherwise opaque and cumbersome US parole system, one fraught with holes that seem to swallow up its own efficacy. As readers, we're compelled to ask why closure or redemption should be so hard to come by. A powerful work about a poorly understood phenomenon in our country ." --Amanda Williams, artist, 2022 MacArthur Fellow, " Equal parts absolutely riveting, extraordinarily moving, and utterly appalling , Ben Austen''s latest excavation of another American policy that promised to make the nation better off, but instead ravaged the lives of countless of its citizens, leaves one haunted, but more determined than ever to do things very, very differently moving forward. One of the best books I have read in a long time. " -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy " Correction is a marvel of meticulous reporting . Ben Austen has crafted an unsparing, vivid and deeply human portrait not only of the two men at the heart of the story, but the entire system that will determine their fate. If we are to have an honest dialogue about criminal justice in this nation we must grapple with our deeply flawed parole practices. This book should be at the center of that conversation ." --Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School PRAISE FOR HIGH-RISERS: "Ben Austen''s High-Risers is not merely the definitive history of the life and death of America''s most iconic housing project, but a clear-eyed assessment of what happened to public housing as a national ideal and why it happened." --David Simon, creator of The Wire "Austen writes with a lyrical, poetic affection for the four main characters. Here we see there are as many Cabrini-Green origin stories as there were people living in Cabrini-Green. To merely stereotype is to willfully ignore each resident''s humanity. Austen deftly tells the stories of Wilson, Fleming, Cannon and another woman, Annie Ricks, without distance, bringing readers intimately into their lives. It is compelling writing, sure to separate Austen''s work from other, more anthropological examinations of Cabrini-Green." --Chicago Tribune "Ben Austen has emerged over the last five years as one of the most serious and thoughtful new American reporters. He writes with a deceptively smooth and borderline conversational style that keeps pages turning, but he has something rarer, too: the patience to keep with a subject until it yields up unfamiliar questions. This book was years in the making and in some way Austen''s whole life in the making. In it a neighborhood becomes a character, a protagonist, but the character has inside it real human beings. Austen convinced me that my understanding of what goes on inside ''the projects'' had been about as deep as a cop show. We need more books like this from him." --John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead "[Austen] ties the history of Cabrini-Green to broad economic, political, and social trends that played a pivotal role in the creation and undoing not only of Cabrini-Green, but also of much of America''s public housing... [presenting] the history of Cabrini-Green in such a way that invites subtle questions with no easy answers... The high-rises are gone and, in time, the high-risers will go with them. But the lessons of Cabrini-Green still weigh on us all." --South Side Weekly "Provides many powerful insights...A weighty and robust history of a people disappeared from their own community." --Kirkus "[High-Risers] is a finely crafted biography of an urban community." --Library Journal Advance Review "....a local history of profound national relevance... Austen''s fascinating narrative demands much consideration." --Booklist (starred review) "The passages about Cabrini-Green residents, interspersed among chapters about the history of the projects, take the reader into the drama of life in African-American communities...Austen combines archival work with empirical research. The hundreds of hours he spent interviewing the residents of Cabrini-Green often give his prose the depth of a novel." --New York Review of Books, PRAISE FOR HIGH-RISERS: "Ben Austen's High-Risers is not merely the definitive history of the life and death of America's most iconic housing project, but a clear-eyed assessment of what happened to public housing as a national ideal and why it happened." --David Simon, creator of The Wire "Austen writes with a lyrical, poetic affection for the four main characters. Here we see there are as many Cabrini-Green origin stories as there were people living in Cabrini-Green. To merely stereotype is to willfully ignore each resident's humanity. Austen deftly tells the stories of Wilson, Fleming, Cannon and another woman, Annie Ricks, without distance, bringing readers intimately into their lives. It is compelling writing, sure to separate Austen's work from other, more anthropological examinations of Cabrini-Green." --Chicago Tribune "Ben Austen has emerged over the last five years as one of the most serious and thoughtful new American reporters. He writes with a deceptively smooth and borderline conversational style that keeps pages turning, but he has something rarer, too: the patience to keep with a subject until it yields up unfamiliar questions. This book was years in the making and in some way Austen's whole life in the making. In it a neighborhood becomes a character, a protagonist, but the character has inside it real human beings. Austen convinced me that my understanding of what goes on inside 'the projects' had been about as deep as a cop show. We need more books like this from him." --John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead "[Austen] ties the history of Cabrini-Green to broad economic, political, and social trends that played a pivotal role in the creation and undoing not only of Cabrini-Green, but also of much of America's public housing... [presenting] the history of Cabrini-Green in such a way that invites subtle questions with no easy answers... The high-rises are gone and, in time, the high-risers will go with them. But the lessons of Cabrini-Green still weigh on us all." --South Side Weekly "Provides many powerful insights...A weighty and robust history of a people disappeared from their own community." --Kirkus "[High-Risers] is a finely crafted biography of an urban community." --Library Journal Advance Review "....a local history of profound national relevance... Austen's fascinating narrative demands much consideration." --Booklist (starred review) "The passages about Cabrini-Green residents, interspersed among chapters about the history of the projects, take the reader into the drama of life in African-American communities...Austen combines archival work with empirical research. The hundreds of hours he spent interviewing the residents of Cabrini-Green often give his prose the depth of a novel." --New York Review of Books, " Correction is a marvel of meticulous reporting . Ben Austen has crafted an unsparing, vivid and deeply human portrait not only of the two men at the heart of the story, but the entire system that will determine their fate. If we are to have an honest dialogue about criminal justice in this nation we must grapple with our deeply flawed parole practices. This book should be at the center of that conversation ." --Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School PRAISE FOR HIGH-RISERS: "Ben Austen's High-Risers is not merely the definitive history of the life and death of America's most iconic housing project, but a clear-eyed assessment of what happened to public housing as a national ideal and why it happened." --David Simon, creator of The Wire "Austen writes with a lyrical, poetic affection for the four main characters. Here we see there are as many Cabrini-Green origin stories as there were people living in Cabrini-Green. To merely stereotype is to willfully ignore each resident's humanity. Austen deftly tells the stories of Wilson, Fleming, Cannon and another woman, Annie Ricks, without distance, bringing readers intimately into their lives. It is compelling writing, sure to separate Austen's work from other, more anthropological examinations of Cabrini-Green." --Chicago Tribune "Ben Austen has emerged over the last five years as one of the most serious and thoughtful new American reporters. He writes with a deceptively smooth and borderline conversational style that keeps pages turning, but he has something rarer, too: the patience to keep with a subject until it yields up unfamiliar questions. This book was years in the making and in some way Austen's whole life in the making. In it a neighborhood becomes a character, a protagonist, but the character has inside it real human beings. Austen convinced me that my understanding of what goes on inside 'the projects' had been about as deep as a cop show. We need more books like this from him." --John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead "[Austen] ties the history of Cabrini-Green to broad economic, political, and social trends that played a pivotal role in the creation and undoing not only of Cabrini-Green, but also of much of America's public housing... [presenting] the history of Cabrini-Green in such a way that invites subtle questions with no easy answers... The high-rises are gone and, in time, the high-risers will go with them. But the lessons of Cabrini-Green still weigh on us all." --South Side Weekly "Provides many powerful insights...A weighty and robust history of a people disappeared from their own community." --Kirkus "[High-Risers] is a finely crafted biography of an urban community." --Library Journal Advance Review "....a local history of profound national relevance... Austen's fascinating narrative demands much consideration." --Booklist (starred review) "The passages about Cabrini-Green residents, interspersed among chapters about the history of the projects, take the reader into the drama of life in African-American communities...Austen combines archival work with empirical research. The hundreds of hours he spent interviewing the residents of Cabrini-Green often give his prose the depth of a novel." --New York Review of Books, "This is everything you could hope for in a book: an engrossing narrative of two men doing hard time, a deeply-researched history of incarceration in America, and a damn good read . Austen's exhaustive reporting forces us to consider anew the nature of violence, the capriciousness of the justice system, our belief in second chances, and the purpose of punishment altogether. 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 " Correction is a marvel of meticulous reporting . Ben Austen has crafted an unsparing, vivid and deeply human portrait not only of the two men at the heart of the story, but the entire system that will determine their fate. If we are to have an honest dialogue about criminal justice in this nation we must grapple with our deeply flawed parole practices. This book should be at the center of that conversation ." --Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School " Equal parts absolutely riveting, extraordinarily moving, and utterly appalling , Ben Austen's latest excavation of another American policy that promised to make the nation better off, but instead ravaged the lives of countless of its citizens, leaves one haunted, but more determined than ever to do things very, very differently moving forward. One of the best books I have read in a long time. " -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy " Correction takes head-on the hard issues of parole, and explains why we, of all civilized people, lock up more of our own than any other country. Through the lives of two men who served far too much time, Ben Austen bares the awful truth, but also shows a way out of our mess. This book should be required reading for every lawyer and law student. " --John Grisham , bestselling author and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives "In Correction, Ben Austen investigates America's painful criminal-justice crossroads with a necessary urgency and an inspiring moral clarity. Are human beings capable of change? Is forgiveness actually possible? Do we as a society really want justice, or revenge? Austen bears down on these questions with engrossing immersive reportage and transcendent heart and soul. The result is invaluable--and unforgettable ." --Bob Kolker, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road " Correction is non-fiction storytelling at its finest. The award-winning journalist Ben Austen follows the harrowing fifty-year journey of two men, convicted of horrific crimes, and their path to parole. And yet the question of whether they will be released or not, or of their innocence, is really a poignant and powerful story about our guilt for building the most punitive and shameful punishment system in the world, and our willingness, as a society, to change ." --Khalil Gibran Muhammad , author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America, "This is everything you could hope for in a book: an engrossing narrative of two men doing hard time, a deeply-researched history of incarceration in America, and a damn good read . Austen's exhaustive reporting forces us to consider anew the nature of violence, the capriciousness of the justice system, our belief in second chances, and the purpose of punishment altogether. 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 " Correction is a marvel of meticulous reporting . Ben Austen has crafted an unsparing, vivid and deeply human portrait not only of the two men at the heart of the story, but the entire system that will determine their fate. If we are to have an honest dialogue about criminal justice in this nation we must grapple with our deeply flawed parole practices. This book should be at the center of that conversation ." --Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School " Equal parts absolutely riveting, extraordinarily moving, and utterly appalling , Ben Austen's latest excavation of another American policy that promised to make the nation better off, but instead ravaged the lives of countless of its citizens, leaves one haunted, but more determined than ever to do things very, very differently moving forward. One of the best books I have read in a long time. " -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy " Correction takes head-on the hard issues of parole, and explains why we, of all civilized people, lock up more of our own than any other country. Through the lives of two men who served far too much time, Ben Austen bares the awful truth, but also shows a way out of our mess. This book should be required reading for every lawyer and law student. " --John Grisham , author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Innocent Man "In Correction, Ben Austen investigates America's painful criminal-justice crossroads with a necessary urgency and an inspiring moral clarity. Are human beings capable of change? Is forgiveness actually possible? Do we as a society really want justice, or revenge? Austen bears down on these questions with engrossing immersive reportage and transcendent heart and soul. The result is invaluable--and unforgettable ." --Robert Kolker, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road " Correction is non-fiction storytelling at its finest. The award-winning journalist Ben Austen follows the harrowing fifty-year journey of two men, convicted of horrific crimes, and their path to parole. And yet the question of whether they will be released or not, or of their innocence, is really a poignant and powerful story about our guilt for building the most punitive and shameful punishment system in the world, and our willingness, as a society, to change ." --Khalil Gibran Muhammad , author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America, "Austen brings his skills for unflinching storytelling to take aim at mass incarceration and America''s deeply flawed justice system. This illuminating work of narrative nonfiction challenges readers to consider for ourselves why and who we punish and how we might find a way out of an era of mass imprisonment." Chicago Review of Books "This is everything you could hope for in a book: an engrossing narrative of two men doing hard time, a deeply-researched history of incarceration in America, and a damn good read . Austen''s exhaustive reporting forces us to consider anew the nature of violence, the capriciousness of the justice system, our belief in second chances, and the purpose of punishment altogether. 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 " Correction is a marvel of meticulous reporting . Ben Austen has crafted an unsparing, vivid and deeply human portrait not only of the two men at the heart of the story, but the entire system that will determine their fate. If we are to have an honest dialogue about criminal justice in this nation we must grapple with our deeply flawed parole practices. This book should be at the center of that conversation ." --Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School " Equal parts absolutely riveting, extraordinarily moving, and utterly appalling , Ben Austen''s latest excavation of another American policy that promised to make the nation better off, but instead ravaged the lives of countless of its citizens, leaves one haunted, but more determined than ever to do things very, very differently moving forward. One of the best books I have read in a long time. " -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy " Correction takes head-on the hard issues of parole, and explains why we, of all civilized people, lock up more of our own than any other country. Through the lives of two men who served far too much time, Ben Austen bares the awful truth, but also shows a way out of our mess. This book should be required reading for every lawyer and law student. " --John Grisham , author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Innocent Man "In Correction, Ben Austen investigates America''s painful criminal-justice crossroads with a necessary urgency and an inspiring moral clarity. Are human beings capable of change? Is forgiveness actually possible? Do we as a society really want justice, or revenge? Austen bears down on these questions with engrossing immersive reportage and transcendent heart and soul. The result is invaluable--and unforgettable ." --Robert Kolker, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road " Correction is non-fiction storytelling at its finest. The award-winning journalist Ben Austen follows the harrowing fifty-year journey of two men, convicted of horrific crimes, and their path to parole. And yet the question of whether they will be released or not, or of their innocence, is really a poignant and powerful story about our guilt for building the most punitive and shameful punishment system in the world, and our willingness, as a society, to change ." --Khalil Gibran Muhammad , author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America "In Correction , Ben Austen masterfully brings to life the very real human conditions that underlie an otherwise opaque and cumbersome US parole system, one fraught with holes that seem to swallow up its own efficacy. As readers, we''re compelled to ask why closure or redemption should be so hard to come by. A powerful work about a poorly understood phenomenon in our country ." --Amanda Williams, artist, 2022 MacArthur Fellow, "A cleareyed, compassionate, urgent appeal for prison reform." Kirkus "Austen brings his skills for unflinching storytelling to take aim at mass incarceration and America''s deeply flawed justice system. This illuminating work of narrative nonfiction challenges readers to consider for ourselves why and who we punish and how we might find a way out of an era of mass imprisonment." Chicago Review of Books "This is everything you could hope for in a book: an engrossing narrative of two men doing hard time, a deeply-researched history of incarceration in America, and a damn good read . Austen''s exhaustive reporting forces us to consider anew the nature of violence, the capriciousness of the justice system, our belief in second chances, and the purpose of punishment altogether. 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 " Correction is a marvel of meticulous reporting . Ben Austen has crafted an unsparing, vivid and deeply human portrait not only of the two men at the heart of the story, but the entire system that will determine their fate. If we are to have an honest dialogue about criminal justice in this nation we must grapple with our deeply flawed parole practices. This book should be at the center of that conversation ." --Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School " Equal parts absolutely riveting, extraordinarily moving, and utterly appalling , Ben Austen''s latest excavation of another American policy that promised to make the nation better off, but instead ravaged the lives of countless of its citizens, leaves one haunted, but more determined than ever to do things very, very differently moving forward. One of the best books I have read in a long time. " -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy " Correction takes head-on the hard issues of parole, and explains why we, of all civilized people, lock up more of our own than any other country. Through the lives of two men who served far too much time, Ben Austen bares the awful truth, but also shows a way out of our mess. This book should be required reading for every lawyer and law student. " --John Grisham , author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Innocent Man "In Correction, Ben Austen investigates America''s painful criminal-justice crossroads with a necessary urgency and an inspiring moral clarity. Are human beings capable of change? Is forgiveness actually possible? Do we as a society really want justice, or revenge? Austen bears down on these questions with engrossing immersive reportage and transcendent heart and soul. The result is invaluable--and unforgettable ." --Robert Kolker, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road " Correction is non-fiction storytelling at its finest. The award-winning journalist Ben Austen follows the harrowing fifty-year journey of two men, convicted of horrific crimes, and their path to parole. And yet the question of whether they will be released or not, or of their innocence, is really a poignant and powerful story about our guilt for building the most punitive and shameful punishment system in the world, and our willingness, as a society, to change ." --Khalil Gibran Muhammad , author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America "In Correction , Ben Austen masterfully brings to life the very real human conditions that underlie an otherwise opaque and cumbersome US parole system, one fraught with holes that seem to swallow up its own efficacy. As readers, we''re compelled to ask why closure or redemption should be so hard to come by. A powerful work about a poorly understood phenomenon in our country ." --Amanda Williams, artist, 2022 MacArthur Fellow, "A cleareyed, compassionate, urgent appeal for prison reform." Kirkus "Austen brings his skills for unflinching storytelling to take aim at mass incarceration and America''s deeply flawed justice system. This illuminating work of narrative nonfiction challenges readers to consider for ourselves why and who we punish and how we might find a way out of an era of mass imprisonment." Chicago Review of Books "This is everything you could hope for in a book: an engrossing narrative of two men doing hard time, a deeply-researched history of incarceration in America, and a damn good read . Austen''s exhaustive reporting forces us to consider anew the nature of violence, the capriciousness of the justice system, our belief in second chances, and the purpose of punishment altogether. 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 " Correction is a marvel of meticulous reporting . Ben Austen has crafted an unsparing, vivid and deeply human portrait not only of the two men at the heart of the story, but the entire system that will determine their fate. If we are to have an honest dialogue about criminal justice in this nation we must grapple with our deeply flawed parole practices. This book should be at the center of that conversation ." --Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School " Equal parts absolutely riveting, extraordinarily moving, and utterly appalling , Ben Austen''s latest excavation of another American policy that promised to make the nation better off, but instead ravaged the lives of countless of its citizens, leaves one haunted, but more determined than ever to do things very, very differently moving forward. One of the best books I have read in a long time. " -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy " Correction takes head-on the hard issues of parole, and explains why we lock up more of our own than any other country. Through the lives of two men who served far too much time, Ben Austen bares the awful truth, but also shows a way out of our mess. This book should be required reading for every lawyer and law student. " --John Grisham , author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Innocent Man "In Correction, Ben Austen investigates America''s painful criminal-justice crossroads with a necessary urgency and an inspiring moral clarity. Are human beings capable of change? Is forgiveness actually possible? Do we as a society really want justice, or revenge? Austen bears down on these questions with engrossing immersive reportage and transcendent heart and soul. The result is invaluable--and unforgettable ." --Robert Kolker, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road " Correction is non-fiction storytelling at its finest. The award-winning journalist Ben Austen follows the harrowing fifty-year journey of two men, convicted of horrific crimes, and their path to parole. And yet the question of whether they will be released or not, or of their innocence, is really a poignant and powerful story about our guilt for building the most punitive and shameful punishment system in the world, and our willingness, as a society, to change ." --Khalil Gibran Muhammad , author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America "In Correction , Ben Austen masterfully brings to life the very real human conditions that underlie an otherwise opaque and cumbersome US parole system, one fraught with holes that seem to swallow up its own efficacy. As readers, we''re compelled to ask why closure or redemption should be so hard to come by. A powerful work about a poorly understood phenomenon in our country ." --Amanda Williams, artist, 2022 MacArthur Fellow
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23
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NYT EDITOR'S CHOICE * WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION OF 2023 * Shortlisted for the 2024 Chicago Review of Books Award * FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreaking and honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system-through the lens of parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy " 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 " Correction provides a revelatory lens for examining mass incarceration." -The Washington Post A Most Anticipated Book of 2023: Chicago Review of Books, The Chicago Tribune, The Next Big Idea Club The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichés--paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time--there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don't actually know why we punish. Ben Austen's powerful exploration offers a behind-the-scenes look at the process of parole. Told through the portraits of two men imprisoned for murder, and the parole board that holds their freedom in the balance, Austen's unflinching storytelling forces us to reckon 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., NYT EDITOR'S CHOICE - WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION OF 2023 - FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreaking and honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system-through the lens of parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy " 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 " Correction provides a revelatory lens for examining mass incarceration." -The Washington Post A Most Anticipated Book of 2023: Chicago Review of Books, The Chicago Tribune, The Next Big Idea Club The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichés--paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time--there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don't actually know why we punish. Ben Austen's powerful exploration offers a behind-the-scenes look at the process of parole. Told through the portraits of two men imprisoned for murder, and the parole board that holds their freedom in the balance, Austen's unflinching storytelling forces us to reckon 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.
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HV9304.A96 2023
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- e***n (581)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book arrived exactly as described & securely packaged. I'm giving 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'s to this great seller because they delivered, what was promised !! I'm 110% happy and satisfied with my purchase. I'll also most definitely be a returning customer in the future.
- m***u (46)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI did not want to wait until Feb 2025 to read this book, so I was more than happy to pay an extra £10 and have the book now, which arrived within a week of placing my order. Excellent seller, good communication and very fast dispatch. I will definitely be buying from this seller again & highly recommend them.
- i***j (446)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseOverall a positive transaction: price was in line with that of other sellers of the same title, delivery was quick. One quibble though – I wouldn't have graded the condition of the book as "very good", but only as "good". The copy that arrived certainly is more worn than I had expected, and doesn't seem to match the condition of the one in the listing's photograph. It's not the end of the world, though I bought it to give as a gift. I'd just suggest more careful grading.
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