A review by jg12389
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.

4.0

Even though I feel that this book largely advocates for reforms to our prison nation and I want nothing less than the complete abolition of these systems, I think this is still an important history and look at how we've dealt with our criminal legal system in the past (and present). I appreciate how the author weaves in lots of facts and figures along with personal stories that just really connect you to these issues that can seem very far away to a white middle-class person like myself. I think this is a worthwhile read for sure!