Date read: December 31, 2009
Book Title: Black Boy
Book Author: Richard Wright
Book Publisher: Harper Collins/1944
Nonfiction/ 419 pages
Black Boy was the 21st book I finished reading in 2009
Why I read Black Boy:
My friend, Steve Urie, recommended that I read accomplished nonfiction writers. Although Steve said that he was not a fan of Richard Wright, he told me [...]
In his newest book, Inside: Life Behind Bars in America, Michael Santos shows readers what it's like to live in America's jails and prisons. Using the voice of the penitentiary, he graphically describes a system infested with gangs, drugs, beatings, shanks, and extortion. From meth-crazed prisoners raping the weak, to female guards who prostitute themselves with the help of gang leaders, and murders in protective custody, Santos brings readers as close as they'll ever want to come to confinement.
It is not the sugarcoated version of "corrections" and "rehabilitation" that administrators want taxpayers to swallow. This book describes a $60 billion industry designed with policies and infrastructure that perpetuate failure.
Santos succeeds in introducing readers to the characters, values, and growing subculture festering inside America's prison system. With the soaring costs of keeping more than two million prisoners inside, this hard-hitting book is timely for all nonfiction readers.
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