Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration by Christine Montross

Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration

Christine Montross

352 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction psychology sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Waiting for an Echo 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 puniti...

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inspiring 12%

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