{"product_id":"understanding-mass-incarceration-a-peoples-guide-to-the-key-civil-rights-struggle-of-our-time-9781620970676","title":"Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA brilliant overview of America's defining human rights crisis and a \"much-needed introduction to the racial, political, and economic dimensions of mass incarceration\" (Michelle Alexander)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Mass Incarceration\u003c\/em\u003e offers the first comprehensive overview of the incarceration apparatus put in place by the world's largest jailer: the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a growing body of academic and professional work, \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Mass Incarceration\u003c\/em\u003e describes in plain English the many competing theories of criminal justice-from rehabilitation to retribution, from restorative justice to justice reinvestment. In a lively and accessible style, author James Kilgore illuminates the difference between prisons and jails, probation and parole, laying out key concepts and policies such as the War on Drugs, broken windows policing, three-strikes sentencing, the school-to-prison pipeline, recidivism, and prison privatization. Informed by the crucial lenses of race and gender, he addresses issues typically omitted from the discussion: the rapidly increasing incarceration of women, Latinos, and transgender people; the growing imprisonment of immigrants; and the devastating impact of mass incarceration on communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth field guide and primer, \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Mass Incarceration\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential resource for those engaged in criminal justice activism as well as those new to the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Kilgore \u003c\/b\u003eis an activist, researcher, and writer based in Urbana, Illinois, where he has lived since paroling from prison in 2009. He is the director of the Challenging E-Carceration project at MediaJustice and the co-director of FirstFollowers Reentry Program in Champaign, Illinois. He is the author of five books, including \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding E-Carceration\u003c\/em\u003e and the award-winning \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Mass Incarceration\u003c\/em\u003e (both from The New Press).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634908991762,"sku":"9781620970676","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ae58577-b5ff-4f40-bd2c-0f603273189c.jpg?v=1732824744","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/understanding-mass-incarceration-a-peoples-guide-to-the-key-civil-rights-struggle-of-our-time-9781620970676","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}