incarceration

01

Jun

Author Q&A with Justin Brooks

“With issues like bad lawyering, bad science, and inadequate investigations, it’s easy to draw the line between the cause and effect of a wrongful conviction.”

10

Mar

UC Press February Award Winners

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our February 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the …

24

Jan

“I Don’t Forget Where I Came From”: Remembering Mikki

By Susan Sered, author of Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility The following blog is reposted from the author’s ongoing blog about updates from the women of Can’t Catch …

05

Aug

Watch: Author Lynne Haney previews her book Prisons of Debt

In this video, sociologist Lynne Haney offers a sneak peek at her book, Prisons of Debt: The Afterlives of Incarcerated Fathers. “Prisons of Debt is a compelling and devastating account and a must-read for …

07

Jun

Q&A with Michaela Soyer: First-gen Scholar and Accomplished UC Press Author

Michaela Soyer is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and a first-generation scholar. Her current work focuses on delinquency, incarceration, recidivism and social theory. She has also conducted research about …

26

May

Tune in: A Justice Movement Mixtape

Looking for inspiration in the fight for social change? Author Bryonn Bain shares a playlist of artists and hip-hop heroes who fought for change and who inspired his own activism.

09

Mar

Why Place Matters to Reentry Experiences

By Andrea Leverentz, author of Intersecting Lives: How Place Shapes Reentry In October 2014, a bridge that connected Long Island in Boston Harbor to Moon Island — as well as Squantum Peninsula …

07

Mar

The Quiet Revolution of Women Experiencing Maternal Incarceration

By Geniece Crawford Mondé, author of This Is Our Freedom: Motherhood in the Shadow of the American Prison System In the wake of global protests for justice in the summer of 2020, …

21

Jun

Father’s Day: Acknowledging Incarcerated Fathers

In light of Father’s Day and ongoing conversations on police and prison reform, UC Press acknowledges incarcerated fathers and the challenges that families face. The following titles highlight numerous issues in the …

10

Dec

Human Rights Day: A Focus on Prison Reform

Today is Human Rights Day, which commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We felt moved to turn this year’s focus on prisoner’s …