Halfway House - (Alternative Criminology) by Liam Martin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Halfway House draws on three and a half years of intensive ethnographic fieldwork to open a window on the little-known web of organizations governing prisoner reentry at the frontier of mass incarceration. It tells the story of Joe Badillo, along with a small cast of connected characters, by following the ups and downs of his unfolding experience as he leaves jail and searches for a place in the world outside while confronting overwhelming obstacles. Joe's first stop after release is Bridge House, and the author moves into the program as a researcher around the same time he arrives, the beginnings of the long-term collaboration at the heart of the book. This deeply personal account is weaved into a larger analysis of the halfway house as an institution, a site of punishment and carceral control as well as housing and social support. With a national push underway for decarceration and alternatives to imprisonment, it provides an opportunity to rethink the pitfalls and possibilities of using the halfway house to challenge the worst excesses of mass incarceration"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>An inside look at the struggles former prisoners face in reentering society </b> <p/>Every year, roughly 650,000 people prepare to reenter society after being released from state and federal prisons. In <i>Halfway House</i>, Liam Martin shines a light on their difficult journeys, taking us behind the scenes at Bridge House, a residential reentry program near Boston, Massachusetts. <p/>Drawing on three years of research, Martin explores the obstacles these former prisoners face in the real world. From drug addiction to poverty, he captures the ups and downs of life after incarceration in vivid, engaging detail. He shows us what, exactly, it is like to live in a halfway house, giving us a rare, up-close view of its role in a dense and often confusing web of organizations governing prisoner reentry. <p/>Martin asks us to rethink the possibilities--and pitfalls--of using halfway houses to manage the worst excesses of mass incarceration. A portrait of life in the long shadow of the carceral state, <i>Halfway House</i> lets us see the struggles of reentry through the eyes of former prisoners.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Halfway House</i> tells the story of the transition from prison to community, helping us think about reentry and formerly incarcerated people in a different light. Liam Martin successfully identifies and illuminates the many tensions inherent in the halfway house model and offers a compelling and ultimately very human account of the lives of men trying to 'make good.'--Natasha Frost, co-author of The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America<br><br>Martin empathetically plunges us into the cauldron of America's carceral mesh of punishment, mandatory treatment, homelessness and interminable abuse at the height of the US overdose epidemic. We meet an inspiringly charismatic Puerto Rican heroin injector, with a history of violent crime and chronic incarceration, who actually manages to recover from chronic injection, drug use, violent crime and re-incarceration against all structural odds by bravely confronting the heartbreakingly painful breakdown of his battered body.--Philippe Bourgois, author of In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Liam Martin</b> is a Lecturer at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington.
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