Janet Garcia-Hallett, an Afro-Latina mother, first-gen scholar, and a product of Harlem, is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of New Haven’s Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences. For the annual American Criminology Society conference, she ...
Tasseli McKay
Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power is a staggering account of the destruction wrought by mass incarceration. Finding that the economic value of the damages to Black individuals, families, and communities totals $7.16 trillion—roughly 86 percent of the current Black–White wealth g...
In this video, sociologist Lynne Haney offers a sneak peek at her book, Prisons of Debt: The Afterlives of Incarcerated Fathers.
“Prisons of Debt is a compelling and devastating account and a must-read for students of punishment and beyond.“
—Sandra Susan Smith, Daniel and Floren...
By Andrea Leverentz, author of Intersecting Lives: How Place Shapes Reentry
In October 2014, a bridge that connected Long Island in Boston Harbor to Moon Island — as well as Squantum Peninsula in Quincy, Massachusetts — was abruptly closed by Boston’s mayor. For over 80 years, Long Isl...
By Geniece Crawford Mondé, author of This Is Our Freedom: Motherhood in the Shadow of the American Prison System
In the wake of global protests for justice in the summer of 2020, a broader conversation about the impact of this country’s criminal legal system and its ties to systemic in...
Death by Prison is an ambitious overview of the rise of life sentences for American prisoners. In the interview below, author Christopher Seeds explains some of the key insights from the book.
Christopher Seeds is Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the University...