Bestsellers
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
By: John Grisham
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Framed
- Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
- By: John Grisham, Jim McCloskey
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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In John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, “the master of the legal thriller” (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, “the godfather of the innocence movement” (Texas Monthly), to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.
By: John Grisham, and others
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The Sun Does Shine
- Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection
- By: Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Bryan Stevenson - foreword
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson - foreword, Kevin R. Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sun Does Shine is an arresting audiobook memoir of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading, written by a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit....
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DOWN WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!!!
- By MUDDBONE on 04-29-18
By: Anthony Ray Hinton, and others
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Prisoners of the Castle
- An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In this gripping narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one of the most famous prison stories in history and makes it utterly his own. During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz Castle to hold the most defiant Allied prisoners.
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Another chapter of history brought to life by a master
- By Steve on 09-28-22
By: Ben Macintyre
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- By: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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Excellent
- By James on 03-30-18
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Orange Is the New Black
- My Year in a Women's Prison
- By: Piper Kerman
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money 10 years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to 15 months at an infamous federal correctional facility....
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The show is better
- By Carlie on 02-06-20
By: Piper Kerman
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
By: John Grisham
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Framed
- Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
- By: John Grisham, Jim McCloskey
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, “the master of the legal thriller” (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, “the godfather of the innocence movement” (Texas Monthly), to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.
By: John Grisham, and others
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The Sun Does Shine
- Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection
- By: Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Bryan Stevenson - foreword
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson - foreword, Kevin R. Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sun Does Shine is an arresting audiobook memoir of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading, written by a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit....
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DOWN WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!!!
- By MUDDBONE on 04-29-18
By: Anthony Ray Hinton, and others
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Prisoners of the Castle
- An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In this gripping narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one of the most famous prison stories in history and makes it utterly his own. During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz Castle to hold the most defiant Allied prisoners.
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Another chapter of history brought to life by a master
- By Steve on 09-28-22
By: Ben Macintyre
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- By: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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Excellent
- By James on 03-30-18
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Orange Is the New Black
- My Year in a Women's Prison
- By: Piper Kerman
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money 10 years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to 15 months at an infamous federal correctional facility....
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The show is better
- By Carlie on 02-06-20
By: Piper Kerman
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Dead Man Walking
- The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
- By: Helen Prejean, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Susan Sarandon, and others
- Narrated by: Helen Prejean
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison....
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A must read, haunting tale
- By Michael DeNobile on 10-16-21
By: Helen Prejean, and others
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Blood in the Water
- The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
- By: Heather Ann Thompson
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 22 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment....
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Tragic Events, Well-Told
- By David on 10-27-17
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Beyond Survival
- Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
- By: Ejeris Dixon - editor, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - editor
- Narrated by: Ejeris Dixon, Esteban Kelly
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing....
By: Ejeris Dixon - editor, and others
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On the Run
- Fugitive Life in an American City
- By: Alice Goffman
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting, groundbreaking account of how the war on crime has torn apart inner-city communities....
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A view from one side of the street......
- By Luanne Ollivier on 08-13-15
By: Alice Goffman
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Writing My Wrongs
- Life, Death, and One Man's Story of Redemption in an American Prison
- By: Shaka Senghor
- Narrated by: Shaka Senghor
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle-class neighborhood on Detroit’s east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An honor roll student and a natural leader, he dreamed of becoming a doctor—but at age eleven, his parents’ marriage began to unravel....
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My Inspiration
- By Max on 03-15-16
By: Shaka Senghor
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Captive in Iran
- A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph amid the Horror of Tehran's Brutal Evin Prison
- By: Maryam Rostampour, Marziyeh Amirizadeh, John Perry
- Narrated by: Patty Fogarty
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In Captive in Iran, Maryam and Marziyeh recount their 259 days in Evin. It’s an amazing story of unyielding faith - when denying God would have meant freedom....
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Sorry, but
- By E. A. Boyce on 09-06-15
By: Maryam Rostampour, and others
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Convicting the Innocent
- Death Row and America's Broken System of Justice
- By: Stanley Cohen
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Every day, innocent men across America are thrown into prison, betrayed by a faulty justice system, and robbed of their lives - either by decades-long sentences or the death penalty itself....
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Wow this gives you a different view
- By Gudrun on 08-19-16
By: Stanley Cohen
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American Prison
- A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
- By: Shane Bauer
- Narrated by: James Fouhey, Shane Bauer
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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After working as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison, Shane Bauer wrote an exposé about his experiences. In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America....
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Disgusting
- By Frank on 09-23-18
By: Shane Bauer
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No Human Contact
- Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System
- By: Pete Earley
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1983, Thomas Silverstein and Clayton Fountain, both serving life sentences at the U.S. Prison in Marion, Illinois, separately murdered two correction officers on the same day. The Bureau of Prisons condemned both men to the severest punishment that could legally be imposed....
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Parents
- By George William Abel Jr on 06-30-24
By: Pete Earley
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Rikers
- An Oral History
- By: Graham Rayman, Reuven Blau
- Narrated by: Nathan Agin, Jonathan Beville, Nancy Bober, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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What happens when you pack almost a dozen jails, bulging at the seams with society’s cast-offs, onto a spit of landfill purposefully hidden from public view? Prize-winning journalists Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau have spent two years interviewing more than 130 people....
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Great book!
- By FriscoBX153 on 01-28-23
By: Graham Rayman, and others
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Last Woman Hanged
- The Terrible True Story of Louisa Collins
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In January 1889, Louisa Collins, a mother of 10 children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Both of Louisa's husbands had died suddenly and the Crown, convinced that Louisa poisoned them with arsenic, put her on trial....
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Enlightening, entertaining and exceptionally done
- By Karol Heim on 02-09-24
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Love and Justice
- By: Jonathan Irons, Maya Moore Irons, Bryan Stevenson - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Irons, Maya Moore Irons
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In the tradition of Just Mercy, an inspirational memoir by WNBA star Maya Moore Irons and her husband, Jonathan Irons, who she helped free from a wrongful conviction....
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Excellent Read!
- By Patricia Williams on 07-08-24
By: Jonathan Irons, and others
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This Is Ear Hustle
- Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
- By: Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods
- Narrated by: Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods, Lt. Sam Robinson, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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An illuminating view of prison life, as told by currently and formerly incarcerated people, from the co-creators and co-hosts of the Peabody- and Pulitzer-nominated podcast Ear Hustle....
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Crying, laughing and goosebumps
- By jennifer hill on 10-19-21
By: Nigel Poor, and others
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Solitary
- Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement. My story of transformation and hope.
- By: Albert Woodfox
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement - in a six-foot by nine-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana - all for a crime he did not commit....
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An eye opener!
- By Ellen Gilmartin on 05-25-19
By: Albert Woodfox
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Corrections in Ink
- A Memoir
- By: Keri Blakinger
- Narrated by: Keri Blakinger
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In this electric and unforgettable memoir, Keri Blakinger shares her journey from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom—and tells how she emerged with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced.
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Brutal honesty, great listen
- By Enzo G. on 06-12-22
By: Keri Blakinger
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Inside Alcatraz
- My Time on the Rock
- By: Jim Quillen
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives....
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A Cautionary Tale of a Life Misspent
- By Rob S. on 03-16-17
By: Jim Quillen
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Correction
- Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
- By: Ben Austen
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world’s incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichés—paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time—there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don’t actually know why we punish....
By: Ben Austen
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The Rage of Innocence
- How America Criminalizes Black Youth
- By: Kristin Henning
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing upon 25 years of experience representing Black youth in Washington, DC’s juvenile courts, Kristin Henning confronts America’s irrational, manufactured fears of these young people....
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Very Enlightening!
- By Dr. Laurel E. Thompson on 02-01-22
By: Kristin Henning
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The Missouri State Penitentiary: 170 Years Inside "The Walls"
- Missouri Heritage Readers, Book 1
- By: Jamie Pamela Rasmussen
- Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Asked how the Missouri State Penitentiary compared to other famous prisons, a historian and former prison administrator replied, “It’s older and meaner.” For 168 years, it was everything other prisons were and more....
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awesome
- By Kindle Customer on 10-12-22
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Black Beach
- 491 Days in One of Africa’s Most Brutal Prisons
- By: Daniel Janse van Rensburg, Tracey Pharoah
- Narrated by: Jason Morgan, Danny Painter
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Black Beach, located on Bioko island off the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, is one of the world’s most feared prisons, notorious for its brutality and inhumane conditions....
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Good book with a compelling story
- By Anonymous User on 06-25-24
By: Daniel Janse van Rensburg, and others
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Dismantling Mass Incarceration
- A Handbook for Change
- By: Premal Dharia - editor, Maria Hawilo - editor, James Forman Jr. - editor
- Narrated by: Arnell Powell
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Three of the nation’s leading advocates for change survey various approaches to confronting the carceral state, exploring a wide range of bold but practical interventions.
By: Premal Dharia - editor, and others
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What's Prison For?
- Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Columbia Global Reports)
- By: Bill Keller
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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What's Prison For? examines the “incarceration” part of mass incarceration. Our prisons remain a shameful waste of lives and money, feeding a pathological cycle of poverty, community dysfunction, crime and hopelessness....
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A must read! Review of "What's Prison For?" by Bill Keller
- By Anonymous User on 07-15-24
By: Bill Keller
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Punished
- Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
- By: Victor M. Rios
- Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Rios followed a group of 40 delinquent Black and Latino boys for three years. These boys found themselves in a vicious cycle, caught in a spiral of punishment and incarceration....
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audio goes out in ch 4 at 25:30
- By Amazon Customer on 04-12-18
By: Victor M. Rios
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A Trial by Jury
- By: D. Graham Burnett
- Narrated by: D. Graham Burnett
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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Jury duty happens to everyone. When the call came to Graham Burnett, a young historian, he had a shock in store....
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sloooooooooooow
- By Keri on 08-14-05
New releases
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Dismantling Mass Incarceration
- A Handbook for Change
- By: Premal Dharia - editor, Maria Hawilo - editor, James Forman Jr. - editor
- Narrated by: Arnell Powell
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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America’s criminal justice system perpetuates profound social and racial harms. But despite growing recognition of its destructiveness, the vast machinery of the carceral state remains very much intact. How can its damage be undone? In this pathbreaking reader, three of the nation’s leading advocates for change provide us with tools to move from critique to action and from despair to hope. Dismantling Mass Incarceration surveys various approaches to confronting the carceral state, exploring a wide range of bold but practical interventions.
By: Premal Dharia - editor, and others
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Parole
- By: Rob McKeon
- Narrated by: Rob McKeon
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Rob McKeon is a member of Britain’s parole board, making tough, life-changing decisions about whether a prisoner is safe to return to society; impacting not only prisoners and their victims, but also the general public. This vital work has been the subject of a BBC television documentary, Parole. For 12 years, Rob has been handling sensitive and high-profile cases, dealing with the social, moral, and emotional pressures that come with this difficult job. This book provides unique insight into his work, with a compelling behind-the-scenes look at parole hearings.
By: Rob McKeon
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The Big Book of Restorative Justice
- Four Classic Justice & Peacebuilding Books in One Volume (Justice and Peacebuilding)
- By: Howard Zehr, Allan Macrae, Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, and others
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton, Adam Prugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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For the first time, the four most popular restorative justice audiobooks in the Justice & Peacebuilding series —The Little Book of Restorative Justice: Revised and Updated, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, The Little Book of Family Group Conferences, and The Little Book of Circle Processes — are available in one audio volume.
By: Howard Zehr, and others
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The Dedicated Ex-Prisoner's Guide for Getting Through the Halfway House
- 10 Things to Do to Make Your Halfway House Stay Short, Productive, & Profitable
- By: Richard Bovan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Every year, thousands of prisoners get released from jails and prisons into halfway houses, with a large percentage of them being sent back to lockup for violating rules or procedures. Halfway houses are an extremely important component to successful reentry into society for ex-prisoners, and it does a great disservice not only to the individuals being sent back but to society as a whole whenever this occurs, regardless of the reasons why it occurs, since those prisoners will still be released within a short time period anyway but without the crucial preparatory advantages that halfway ...
By: Richard Bovan
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Pass the Corrections Officer Exam: Your Path to a Rewarding Career in Corrections
- By: Philip Martin McCaulay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Prepare for success in the corrections field with “Pass the Corrections Officer Exam: Your Path to a Rewarding Career in Corrections.” This comprehensive study guide equips aspiring corrections officers with the knowledge and skills needed to excel on the exam and thrive in their careers. Topics covered in this guide include: Standards relevant to corrections work: Gain an understanding of the legal and ethical standards governing corrections, including inmate rights and use of force policies. Correctional practices and procedures: Learn about inmate classification, disciplinary ...
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The Prison Officer
- By: Gen Glaister
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Life as a prison officer was Gen's calling. But when she took her first job in a men’s prison at only 23, she was thrown in at the deep end. From the wing kingpin who delivers his threats with a smile and a pat on the back, to the famous drill artist causing a stir on the wing, and from the ‘frequent flyer' for whom prison is the only home he's known to the young offender who gets a second chance, Gen reveals the incredible cast of characters behind the prison walls.
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Such a great listen we couldn't turn it off!
- By Amazon Customer on 05-23-24
By: Gen Glaister
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Dismantling Mass Incarceration
- A Handbook for Change
- By: Premal Dharia - editor, Maria Hawilo - editor, James Forman Jr. - editor
- Narrated by: Arnell Powell
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
America’s criminal justice system perpetuates profound social and racial harms. But despite growing recognition of its destructiveness, the vast machinery of the carceral state remains very much intact. How can its damage be undone? In this pathbreaking reader, three of the nation’s leading advocates for change provide us with tools to move from critique to action and from despair to hope. Dismantling Mass Incarceration surveys various approaches to confronting the carceral state, exploring a wide range of bold but practical interventions.
By: Premal Dharia - editor, and others
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Parole
- By: Rob McKeon
- Narrated by: Rob McKeon
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Rob McKeon is a member of Britain’s parole board, making tough, life-changing decisions about whether a prisoner is safe to return to society; impacting not only prisoners and their victims, but also the general public. This vital work has been the subject of a BBC television documentary, Parole. For 12 years, Rob has been handling sensitive and high-profile cases, dealing with the social, moral, and emotional pressures that come with this difficult job. This book provides unique insight into his work, with a compelling behind-the-scenes look at parole hearings.
By: Rob McKeon
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The Big Book of Restorative Justice
- Four Classic Justice & Peacebuilding Books in One Volume (Justice and Peacebuilding)
- By: Howard Zehr, Allan Macrae, Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, and others
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton, Adam Prugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
For the first time, the four most popular restorative justice audiobooks in the Justice & Peacebuilding series —The Little Book of Restorative Justice: Revised and Updated, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, The Little Book of Family Group Conferences, and The Little Book of Circle Processes — are available in one audio volume.
By: Howard Zehr, and others
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The Dedicated Ex-Prisoner's Guide for Getting Through the Halfway House
- 10 Things to Do to Make Your Halfway House Stay Short, Productive, & Profitable
- By: Richard Bovan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Every year, thousands of prisoners get released from jails and prisons into halfway houses, with a large percentage of them being sent back to lockup for violating rules or procedures. Halfway houses are an extremely important component to successful reentry into society for ex-prisoners, and it does a great disservice not only to the individuals being sent back but to society as a whole whenever this occurs, regardless of the reasons why it occurs, since those prisoners will still be released within a short time period anyway but without the crucial preparatory advantages that halfway ...
By: Richard Bovan
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Pass the Corrections Officer Exam: Your Path to a Rewarding Career in Corrections
- By: Philip Martin McCaulay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Prepare for success in the corrections field with “Pass the Corrections Officer Exam: Your Path to a Rewarding Career in Corrections.” This comprehensive study guide equips aspiring corrections officers with the knowledge and skills needed to excel on the exam and thrive in their careers. Topics covered in this guide include: Standards relevant to corrections work: Gain an understanding of the legal and ethical standards governing corrections, including inmate rights and use of force policies. Correctional practices and procedures: Learn about inmate classification, disciplinary ...
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The Prison Officer
- By: Gen Glaister
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Life as a prison officer was Gen's calling. But when she took her first job in a men’s prison at only 23, she was thrown in at the deep end. From the wing kingpin who delivers his threats with a smile and a pat on the back, to the famous drill artist causing a stir on the wing, and from the ‘frequent flyer' for whom prison is the only home he's known to the young offender who gets a second chance, Gen reveals the incredible cast of characters behind the prison walls.
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Such a great listen we couldn't turn it off!
- By Amazon Customer on 05-23-24
By: Gen Glaister