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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTON
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWS'' 10 BEST BOOKS
LONG-LISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
FINALIST, CURRENT INTEREST CATEGORY, LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZES

Locking Up Our Own is an engaging, insightful, and provocative reexamination of over-incarceration in the black community. James Forman Jr. carefully exposes the complexities of crime, criminal justice, and race. What he illuminates should not be ignored. Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative

A beautiful book, written so well, that gives us the origins and consequences of where we are . . . I can see why [the Pulitzer prize] was awarded. Trevor Noah, The Daily Show

Former public defender James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. In Locking Up Our Own

Locking Up Our Own

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      Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
      Published 6 February 2018
      ISBN-13 9780374537449
      978-0374537449
      ISBN-10 0374537445
      Also in:
      Crime and criminology Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTON
      ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWS'' 10 BEST BOOKS
      LONG-LISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
      FINALIST, CURRENT INTEREST CATEGORY, LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZES

      Locking Up Our Own is an engaging, insightful, and provocative reexamination of over-incarceration in the black community. James Forman Jr. carefully exposes the complexities of crime, criminal justice, and race. What he illuminates should not be ignored. Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy       and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative

      A beautiful book, written so well, that gives us the origins and consequences of where we are . . . I can see why [the Pulitzer prize] was awarded. Trevor Noah, The Daily Show

      Former public defender James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. In Locking Up Our Own

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