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Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better

by Maya Schenwar

Berrett-Kohler. 2014. 228p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781626562691. pap. $18.95.

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The author uses her family's experiences and the experiences of others to indict the prison system as flawed, dangerous, and cruel. Her stories and suggestions of restorative solutions are eye-opening. (LJ 1/15)

Reviewed by Joan Pedzich , Jul 01, 2016

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