| The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family Contributor(s): Harvey, Sylvia A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1568588801 ISBN-13: 9781568588803 Publisher: Bold Type Books OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Political Science | Civil Rights - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 362.829 |
| LCCN: 2019057099 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.5" (1.05 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From an award-winning journalist, a searing expos of the effects of the mass incarceration crisis on families -- including the 2.7 million American children who have a parent locked up. In The Shadow System, award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small victories of three families struggling to live within the confines of a brutal system. In Florida, a young father tries to maintain a relationship with his daughter despite a sentence of life without parole. In Kentucky, where the opioid epidemic has led to the increased incarceration of women, many of whom are white, one mother fights for custody of her children. In Mississippi, a wife steels herself for her husband's thirty-ninth year in prison and does her best to keep their sons close. Through these stories, Harvey reveals a shadow system of laws and regulations enacted to dehumanize the incarcerated and profit off their families -- from mandatory sentencing laws, to restrictions on prison visitation, to astronomical charges for brief phone calls. The Shadow System is an eye-opening account of the way incarceration has impacted generations of American families; it delivers a galvanizing clarion call to fix this broken system. |