Over the last thirty years, the prison population in the United States has increased more than seven-fold to over two million people, including vastly dispropor

Over the last thirty years, the prison population in the United States has increased more than seven-fold to over two million people, including vastly dispropor

Children of the Prison Boom describes the devastating effects of America's experiment in mass incarceration for a generation of vulnerable children. Wakefield a

The statistics are startling. Since 1973, America’s imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the world. More than two million

In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments ri