{"product_id":"what-we-know-solutions-from-our-experiences-in-the-justice-system-hardcover","title":"What We Know: Solutions from Our Experiences in the Justice System - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVivian Nixon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaryl Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is what we know, and we know it better than anyone else. --from the introduction by Vivian Nixon and Daryl V. Atkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thoughtful and surprising cornucopia of ideas for improving America's criminal justice system, from those most impacted by it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen The New Press, the Center for American Progress, and the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted Peoples and Family Movement issued a call for innovative reform ideas, over three hundred currently and formerly incarcerated individuals responded. \u003cem\u003eWhat We Know\u003c\/em\u003e collects two dozen of their best suggestions, each of which proposes a policy solution derived from their own lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeas run the gamut: A man serving time in Indiana argues for a Prison Labor Standards Act, calling for us to reject prison slavery. A Nebraska man who served a federal prison term for white-collar crimes suggests offering courses in entrepreneurship as a way to break down barriers to employment for people returning from incarceration. A woman serving a life sentence in Georgia spells out a system of earned privileges that could increase safety and decrease stress inside prison. And a man serving a twenty-five-year term for a crime he committed at age fifteen advocates powerfully for eliminating existing financial incentives to charge youths as adults.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith contributors including nationally known formerly incarcerated leaders in justice reform, twenty-three justice-involved individuals add a perspective that is too often left out of national reform conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eReverend Vivian Nixon\u003c\/strong\u003e is executive director of College and Community Fellowship (CCF), a New York-based organization committed to removing barriers to higher education for women with criminal-record histories and their families\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttorney \u003cstrong\u003eDaryl Atkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e was the inaugural Second Chance Fellow for the U.S. Department of Justice, and is now the co-director of Forward Justice, a law, policy, and strategy center in Durham, North Carolina, dedicated to advancing racial, social, and economic justice in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760321593632,"sku":"9781620975299","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a7171364f33042dd5c0fd13b6d4b16f6.webp?v=1780177535","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-we-know-solutions-from-our-experiences-in-the-justice-system-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}