Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family’s experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million

"Jennifer Wynn has been going in for seven years. She entered first as a journalist, volunteered as a writing teacher, and then served as director of a unique r

This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom.

“Essential reading” on some of the most egregious human rights violations within women’s prisons in the United States (Piper Kerman, author of Orange is t

This book is the first collection to bring together scholars and activists working to end criminal and immigration detention. Employing an intersectional lens a