'Stories from the Pen' – Prisoners' Heart-Wrenching, Gut-Punching Essays Provide Rare Insights from Behind Prison Walls and Inside Their Hearts
Right now, at this very moment in time, 2.2 million Americans are in prison. Only a small fraction committed violent crimes, yet up to 70% will be released only to reoffend. Through her extensive contact with those behind bars, Teresa X. Roberts knows that the system doesn't work – and there's a fatal juxtaposition that treats inmates worse than animals, yet expects them to go back into society rehabilitated.
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