{"product_id":"waiting-for-an-echo-christine-montross-9780143110668","title":"Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A haunting and harrowing indictment . . . [a] significant achievement.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eL.A. Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize Finalist * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Paperback Row * \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Best New Books July 2020 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting for an Echo\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting, rarely seen glimpse into American jails and prisons. It is also a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Christine Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. This expertise--the mind in crisis--has enabled her to reckon with the human stories behind mass incarceration. A father attempting to weigh the impossible calculus of a plea bargain. A bright young woman whose life is derailed by addiction. Boys in a juvenile detention facility who, desperate for human connection, invent a way to communicate with one another from cell to cell. Overextended doctors and correctional officers who strive to provide care and security in environments riddled with danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur methods of incarceration take away not only freedom but also selfhood and soundness of mind. In a nation where 95 percent of all inmates are released from prison and return to our communities, this is a practice that punishes us all.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Montross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143110667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143110668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Christine Montross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051713130751,"sku":"9780143110668","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d0483c9-935c-4504-bcdb-2ecc2bbf233a.jpg?v=1685014734","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waiting-for-an-echo-christine-montross-9780143110668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}