{"product_id":"purgatory-citizenship-calvin-john-smiley-9780520385993","title":"Purgatory Citizenship: Reentry, Race, and Abolition","description":"\u003cp\u003eReentry after release from incarceration is often presented as a story of redemption. Unfortunately, this is not the reality. Those being released must navigate the reentry process with diminished legal rights and amplified social stigmas, in a journey that is often confusing, complex, and precarious. Making use of life-history interviews, focus groups, and ethnographic fieldwork with low-income urban residents of color, primarily Black men, Calvin John Smiley finds that reentry requires the recently released to negotiate a web of disjointed and often contradictory systems that serve as an extension of the carceral system. No longer behind bars but not fully free, the recently released navigate a state of limbo that deprives them of opportunity and support while leaving them locked in a cycle of perpetual punishment. Warning of the dangers of reformist efforts that only serve to further entrench carceral systems, \u003ci\u003ePurgatory Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e advocates for abolitionist solutions rooted in the visions of the people most affected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Calvin John Smiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520385993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520385993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Calvin John Smiley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079164948735,"sku":"9780520385993","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7304e31a-aa30-4547-bc17-0f9a22d42195.jpg?v=1685479669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/purgatory-citizenship-calvin-john-smiley-9780520385993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}