num_pages: 340
description: A candid examination of American prison practices is based on the author's extensive research and workshop experiences as an inmate.
language: English
title: Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business
titlecomplete: Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business
genres: History, Journalism, Crime, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 67
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Thought
publisher: Knopf; [distributed by Random House]