Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World

✍ Scribed by Dreisinger, Baz

• Book ID: 108974441
• Publisher: Other Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 413 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781590517277

✦ Synopsis

Baz Dreisinger goes behind bars in nine countries to investigate the current conditions in prisons worldwide

Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is a first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Professor, journalist, and founder of the Prison-to-College-Pipeline, Dreisinger looks into the human stories of incarcerated men and women and those who imprison them, creating a jarring, poignant view of a world to which most are denied access, and a rethinking of one of America's most far-reaching global exports: the modern prison complex.

From serving as a restorative justice facilitator in a notorious South African prison and working with genocide survivors in Rwanda, to launching a creative writing class in an overcrowded Ugandan prison and coordinating a drama workshop for women prisoners in Thailand, Dreisinger examines the world behind bars with equal parts empathy and intellect. She journeys to...