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Exploring Rehabilitation and Our Prison System
These resources introduce the work of Hustle 2.0 and provide some of the background on mass incarceration, rehabilitation, and the U.S. prison system that I have explored in the past 18 months.
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A Second Chance: For You, for Me, and for the Rest of Us
2018 by Hoke, CatherineGet this itemThis book, by a cofounder of Hustle 2.0 and founder of its predecessor, Defy Ventures, is worth reading for the "pizza-gate" chapter alone! Cat Hoke is the genius behind this best-in-class rehabilitation program, and she inspires all of us who volunteer in prison with Hustle 2.0.
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
2014 by Stevenson, BryanGet this itemI read this on the plane going to my first experience volunteering at Pelican Bay State Prison. There may have been tears rolling down my cheeks.
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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
2016 by Hinton, Elizabeth KaiGet this itemWritten by a Harvard professor, this isn't light reading. I was astonished by how much racism was intentionally baked into our criminal justice system, which the author discovered by going back to primary documents. It's important, factual information that needs to be more widely known.
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
2012 by Alexander, MichelleGet this itemWritten by a civil rights litigator and legal scholar, this book has been at the center of discussions about racism and reforming the criminal justice system since it was published in 2012.
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Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time
2015 by Kilgore, James WilliamGet this itemThis book, written by someone who spent six years in prison, is a lively and accessible introduction to the myths and issues that surround the whole topic of mass incarceration.
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