Browsing: Penal System

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • In this “spellbinding memoir” (The Washington Post), a private investigator revisits the case that has haunted her…

Former stock market mogul Shaun Attwood documents life in Arizona’s deadliest jail in this firsthand account of his fight for survival. This searing exposé provides a brutal glimpse into the darkest corners of America’s criminal justice system.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in…

An award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller with over 100,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: A lawyer shares his stirring true story of a life spent protecting vulnerable people ensnared in the criminal justice system. “Inspiring and powerful” (John Grisham).

A #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the hit show: When her past returns to haunt her, Piper is thrust into the dizzying world of a correctional facility. But the women she meets will transform her in surprising ways… “Absorbing” (Booklist), with over 33,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

At age 18, Stacey Lannert killed her sexually abusive father and received a life sentence — one that was commuted 18 years later. She reflects on justice and sisterhood in this “devastating and important” memoir (New York Times bestselling author Naomi Wolf).