{"product_id":"what-we-know-vivian-nixon-9781620975299","title":"What We Know: Solutions from Our Experiences in the Justice System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is what we know, and we know it better than anyone else.\" --from the introduction by Vivian Nixon and Daryl V. Atkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thoughtful and surprising cornucopia of ideas for improving America's criminal justice system, from those most impacted by it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen The New Press, the Center for American Progress, and the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted Peoples and Family Movement issued a call for innovative reform ideas, over three hundred currently and formerly incarcerated individuals responded. \u003cem\u003eWhat We Know\u003c\/em\u003e collects two dozen of their best suggestions, each of which proposes a policy solution derived from their own lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeas run the gamut: A man serving time in Indiana argues for a Prison Labor Standards Act, calling for us to reject prison slavery. A Nebraska man who served a federal prison term for white-collar crimes suggests offering courses in entrepreneurship as a way to break down barriers to employment for people returning from incarceration. A woman serving a life sentence in Georgia spells out a system of earned privileges that could increase safety and decrease stress inside prison. And a man serving a twenty-five-year term for a crime he committed at age fifteen advocates powerfully for eliminating existing financial incentives to charge youths as adults.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith contributors including nationally known formerly incarcerated leaders in justice reform, twenty-three justice-involved individuals add a perspective that is too often left out of national reform conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vivian Nixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620975297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620975299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020 pg. 1","brand":"Vivian Nixon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996383019263,"sku":"9781620975299","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef07f0d9-4150-4f07-bed5-e5f097d80698.jpg?v=1683341375","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-we-know-vivian-nixon-9781620975299","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}