American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment Audiobook (Free)

Within this disturbing yet elegant exposé of U.S. penitentiaries and their encircling neighborhoods, Sasha Abramsky shows how American prisons possess abandoned their long-held ideal of treatment, often for political reasons. After surveying our current state of affairs-life phrases for nonviolent offences, appalling conditions for inmates, the growth of private prisons, the treating juveniles-Abramsky argues that our punitive procedures are not just inhuman but deeply counterproductive. Brilliantly investigated and compellingly informed, American Furies reveals the devastating outcomes of a society that feels in ‘lock ’em up and dispose of the key.’