The most intelligent and haunting indictment of the American prison
system that I have ever read. Sasha Abramsky has shone an
incandescent lamp on a shadowy underground universe that holds and
in all too many cases brutalizes the lives of more than two million
Americans. He should be commended for doing so, and his book made
required reading for every legislator in the land, bar none.—Simon
Winchester, author of A Crack in the Edge of the World and The
Professor and the Madman
"A well-researched book on a significant American problem that's
often locked away behind bars."—Publishers Weekly
"The most urgent book of the season. Sasha Abramsky provides us
with an invaluable, if harrowing, audit of the cataclysmic damage
inflicted upon American values by American prisons. The lack of
compassion in our national life and the gangrened hearts of our
politicians pose greater threats to our childrens' futures than any
overseas terrorist conspiracy." —Mike Davis, professor of history
at University of California, Irvine and author of seven books,
including Planet of Slums and The Monster at Our Door
"A smart, compassionate and tough-minded look at the rise and
impact of the tough-on-crime culture that has made America the
world's foremost jailer. By showing us how we got into this mess,
this revelatory book also holds out hope that we might find our way
out."—Nell Bernstein, author of All Alone in the World: Children of
the Incarcerated
"Sobering . . . Abramsky uses painstaking research, anecdotal
evidence from inmates and tours of penal hellholes across the land
to lock in American Furies." —Sacramento News and Review
"In the difficult realm of prison reporting, Abramsky is
unquestionably among the best and brightest, and American Furies is
clear evidence of such." —The American Prospect
"American Furies provides us with a vivid account…" --The Nation
The most intelligent and haunting indictment of the American prison
system that I have ever read. Sasha Abramsky has shone an
incandescent lamp on a shadowy underground universe that holds and
in all too many cases brutalizes the lives of more than two million
Americans. He should be commended for doing so, and his book made
required reading for every legislator in the land, bar none.-Simon
Winchester, author of A Crack in the Edge of the World and
The Professor and the Madman
"A well-researched book on a significant American problem that's
often locked away behind bars."-Publishers Weekly
"The most urgent book of the season. Sasha Abramsky provides us
with an invaluable, if harrowing, audit of the cataclysmic damage
inflicted upon American values by American prisons. The lack of
compassion in our national life and the gangrened hearts of our
politicians pose greater threats to our childrens' futures than any
overseas terrorist conspiracy." -Mike Davis, professor of history
at University of California, Irvine and author of seven books,
including Planet of Slums and The Monster at Our
Door
"A smart, compassionate and tough-minded look at the rise and
impact of the tough-on-crime culture that has made America the
world's foremost jailer. By showing us how we got into this mess,
this revelatory book also holds out hope that we might find our way
out."-Nell Bernstein, author of All Alone in the World: Children
of the Incarcerated
"Sobering . . . Abramsky uses painstaking research, anecdotal
evidence from inmates and tours of penal hellholes across the land
to lock in American Furies." -Sacramento News and
Review
"In the difficult realm of prison reporting, Abramsky is
unquestionably among the best and brightest, and American
Furies is clear evidence of such." -The American
Prospect
"American Furies provides us with a vivid account..." --The
Nation
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