Loading...
Welcome
Sign up
Login
Browse Books
Deals
VIP
0
Loading...
Play Sample
Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
Written by:
Ben Austen
Narrated by:
Brett Barry
Unabridged Audiobook
Play Free
Add to Cart - $26.99
Remove from Cart
Give as a gift
Ratings
Book
Narrator
Release Date
November 7, 2023
Duration
12 hours 31 minutes
Summary
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
A Most Anticipated Book of 2023: Chicago Review of Books
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.
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
Browse By Category
Non-Fiction
>
Social Science
1 book added to cart
Correction: Parole, Prison, and t...
Ben Austen
Subtotal
$26.99
View Cart
Continue Browsing
~~title~~
~~carousel-body~~
Back
Next
~~book-title~~
By: ~~author-single-string~~
~~tag-text~~
© Copyright 2011 - 2024 Storytel Audiobooks USA LLC. All Rights Reserved.