| Portion of title |
Race, punishment, and the afterlife of mass incarceration |
| Contents |
Something like an introduction -- I. Debt. Confession -- Guilt -- Sinnerman -- II. Wage. Millions of details -- In victory and spectacular defeat -- Chains and corpses -- III. Salvation. Treatment -- Power -- America, goddamn! -- Appendix. The gift of proximity. |
| Abstract |
"Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and now a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends, and their families to understand the lifelong burden that even a single arrest can entail. What his work revealed is a simple, if overlooked truth: life after incarceration is its own form of prison. The idea that one can serve their debt and return to life as a full-fledge member of society is one of America's most nefarious myths. Recently released individuals are faced with jobs that are off-limits, apartments that cannot be occupied and votes that cannot be cast. Informed by Miller's experience as the son and brother of incarcerated men, captures the stories of the men, women, and communities fighting against a system that is designed for them to fail. It is a poignant and eye-opening call to arms that reveals how laws, rules, and regulations extract a tangible cost not only from those working to rebuild their lives, but also our democracy. As Miller searchingly explores, America must acknowledge and value the lives of its formerly imprisoned citizens."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Miller, Reuben Jonathan. Halfway home. New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2021] 9780316451499 |
| Genre/form | African American authors. |
| Genre/form | Black authors. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| ISBN | 9780316451512 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0316451517 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
