After Prison

The incarceration rate in the United States is the highest of any developed nation, with a population of approximately 2.3 million in 2016. Over 700,000 prisoners are released each year, and they face significant educational, economic, and social disadvantages. After Prison: Navigating Adulthood in the Shadow of the Justice System, by sociologists David J. Harding and Heather M. Harris, focuses on the lives of 1,300 black and white youth aged 18 to 25 who were released from Michigan prisons in 2003.--