Locked Down, Locked out
Subtitle: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, BK Currents Books
Published: 2014
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781626562691
Description: "35,000 Americans are arrested every day, and the number of prisoners has increased 500% over the last three decades. Truthout Executive Director Maya Schenwar shows that incarceration actually doesn't deter crime, looks at its devastating effect on families and communities, and offers more humane and more effective alternatives"--