A penetrating expos on the cruelty and mind.
The book also received the Silver Medal for Non-Fiction from the California Book Awards. A REPORTERS UNDERCOVER JOURNEY INTO THE BUSINESS OF PUNISHMENT. Kirkus Reviews described it as "A potent, necessary broadside against incarceration in the U.S." Michael Schaub of National Public Radio described it as "an enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform." Nate Blakeslee of The New York Times wrote that "the sheer number of forehead-slapping quotes from Bauer’s superiors and fellow guards alone are worth the price of admission." A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our countrys history. Bauer alternates between discussing his experiences at Winn and the history of incarceration in the United States. By definition, prison is a closed world - hard to get in, even harder to get out, but Shane Bauer wanted to know what was going on inside Americas prisons, especially in their growing. The book was released on September 18, 2018. The book is based upon his experiences, which were initially chronicled in a 2016 Mother Jones article written by Bauer.
Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism (2019)Īmerican Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment is a 2018 book by Shane Bauer, published by Penguin Press, about incarceration in the United States and the usage of private prisons.īauer had worked at the Winn Correctional Center in Winn Parish, Louisiana, then operated by Corrections Corporation of America (now CoreCivic), as an undercover journalist in 2014. Read Summary: American Prison: A Reporters Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer - Discussion Prompts by with a.
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