American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

Shane Bauer

318 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced

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In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reck...

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informative 93%
challenging 57%
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sad 36%
reflective 23%
emotional 21%
tense 21%
adventurous 2%

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fast 11%

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