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September 17, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Being Broke in America, the Prison Business, and More

September 17, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Being Broke in America, the Prison Business, and More

And Jill Lepore’s Fine History of the United States, from Columbus to Trump

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September 17, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Poverty, Prisons, American History
September 06, 2018

REVIEW: A Yale Law Professor's Big Look at How We Punish Small Crimes

September 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Yale Law Professor's Big Look at How We Punish Small Crimes

Exploring the Nearly Law-Free World of ‘Misdemeanorland’

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September 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Criminal Justice, Petty Crimes, Misdemeanors, Prisons
November 09, 2017

Q&A: Lauren-Brooke Eisen Talks Private Prisons, Mass Incarceration, and X-Box's

November 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Lauren-Brooke Eisen Talks Private Prisons, Mass Incarceration, and X-Box's

And an Ex-Inmate's Lament that "Private Companies are Now Making Money off of Our Incarceration”

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November 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Private Prisons, Mass Incarceration, Prisons
July 05, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Preparing for Our Robotic Future, a Tale of Love and Arson, and More

July 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Preparing for Our Robotic Future, a Tale of Love and Arson, and More

And a Convicted Killer's Short Stories on Prison Life

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July 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Artificial Intelligence, Prisons, Arson, War
December 09, 2016

Q&A: A Casual Chat With "My All-Time Favorite" (Now Repentant) "Bank Robber"

December 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Casual Chat With "My All-Time Favorite" (Now Repentant) "Bank Robber"

"Bondage is bondage, sister. Marriages on the brink are their own kind of solitary confinement

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December 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Crime, Bank Robbery, Prisons
August 24, 2016

REVIEW: An Incisive New History of the Bloody 1971 Attica Prison Riot

August 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: An Incisive New History of the Bloody 1971 Attica Prison Riot

A Deeply Researched Study that is Not Afraid to Assign Blame for Needless Fatalities

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August 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Prisons, Attica, American History, Law
June 13, 2016

5 Hot Books: A Compelling Oral History of the 1960s, the Science of Humans at War, and More

June 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Compelling Oral History of the 1960s, the Science of Humans at War, and More

And an Insider's Account of the Landmark Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

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June 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
5 Hot Books
War, Same-Sex Marriage, The 1960s, Prisons
May 11, 2016

REVIEW: Was 1960's Liberalism the Cause of Today's Overincarceration Crisis?

May 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Was 1960's Liberalism the Cause of Today's Overincarceration Crisis?

A Harvard historian links our Crowded Prisons to President Johnson's War on Poverty

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May 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Prisons, Mass Incarceration, War on Poverty, 1960s
March 21, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: Mass Incarceration, a Novel About Siblings at Each Others' Throats, and More

March 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Mass Incarceration, a Novel About Siblings at Each Others' Throats, and More

And two books, a novel and a memoir, that won National Book Circle Awards last week

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March 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Fiction, Prisons, African-American Literature, Bookstores, Memoirs
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