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Susan Burton talked about her book Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women. In her book, she recalls her journey from incarceration to becoming…

Heather Ann Thompson talked about her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy. This event was part of the Chicago Tribune Printers…

Professor John Pfaff talked about his book Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-and How to Achieve Real Reform, in which he examines the impact of criminal justice reforms on…

Heather Ann Thompson talked about her book Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, in which she recalls the Attica prison uprising that took place at the…

Darin Haerle, co-author of Lost Causes: Blended Sentencing, Second Chances, and the Texas Youth Commission, talked about the system of blended sentencing in Texas and its effect on juvenile youth offenders.…

Brian Stolarz talked about his book Grace and Justice on Death Row: The Race against Time and Texas to Free an Innocent Man, in which he reports on his client, Alfred Dewayne Brown, who…

Burton and Anita Folsom talked about their book, Death on Hold: A Prisoner’s Desperate Prayer and the Unlikely Family Who Became God’s Answer. This interview, recorded on the campus of Hillsdale…

Panelists talked about the death penalty. Panelists included Jordan and Carol Steiker, co-authors of Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment, and John Bessler, editor of Stephen…

Randall Horton, author of Hook: A Memoir, and Michael McRay, author of Where the River Bends: Considering Forgiveness in the Lives of Prisoners, discuss their respective books. They spoke…

William Domnarski talked about his book Richard Posner, in which he examines the intellectual life of Judge Richard Posner. Mr. Domnarski was joined in conversation by Judge Posner.

Professor Elizabeth Hinton talked about her book From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America, in which she traces the rise of incarceration in…

Richard Shelton talked about his book Crossing the Yard: Thirty Years as a Prison Volunteer, in which he chronicles his time as a volunteer creative writing teacher at a local prison. C-SPAN’s Local…

Marcia Clark talked about her novel, Blood Defense. She was interviewed at BookExpo America, the publishing industry’s annual trade show.

Shaka Senghor talked about his book Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison, in which he discusses his 19 years in prison and his life since his release. He was…

Baz Dreisinger talked about her book, Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World, and responded to viewer comments and questions. She was interviewed at the…

Elizabeth Hinton, author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America and Baz Dreisinger, author of Incarceration Nations: A Journey to…

Marsha Weissman talked about her book, Prelude to Prison: Student Perspectives on School Suspension, about the link between school suspension and incarceration in the United States. C-SPAN’s Local…

Co-authors Mary Looman and John Carl talked about their book A Country Called Prison, in which they look at the U.S. prison system and offer suggestions for reforms to help prisoners to…

Former Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith talke about his book, Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What My Year Behind Bars Taught Me About America’s Prison Crisis, in which he talks about his year…

Derek Jeffreys talked about his book, Spirituality in Dark Places: The Ethics of Solitary Confinement, in which he discusses the physical and psychological effects of long-term solitary confinement on…