Review: Elliot Reed on Shane Bauer’s “American Prison”
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A conspiracy can become so diabolical that the details of its execution cease to be interesting, but if we forget about the crime, the criminals win. The crime I mean here is the crime of incarceration. There are many books about the horrors and injustice of the American prison system—books by inmates, books by teachers, and books by guards. There’s something cowboy about prison. The demand for incarceration stories grows. No living dystopia has been documented so thoroughly.
Review: Elliot Reed on Shane Bauer’s “American Prison”
Review: Elliot Reed on Shane Bauer’s…
Review: Elliot Reed on Shane Bauer’s “American Prison”
A conspiracy can become so diabolical that the details of its execution cease to be interesting, but if we forget about the crime, the criminals win. The crime I mean here is the crime of incarceration. There are many books about the horrors and injustice of the American prison system—books by inmates, books by teachers, and books by guards. There’s something cowboy about prison. The demand for incarceration stories grows. No living dystopia has been documented so thoroughly.