{"product_id":"the-shadow-system-mass-incarceration-and-the-american-family-9781568588803","title":"The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning journalist, a searing exposé of the effects of the mass incarceration crisis on families -- including the 2.7 million American children who have a parent locked up.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow System\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small victories of three families struggling to live within the confines of a brutal system. In Florida, a young father tries to maintain a relationship with his daughter despite a sentence of life without parole. In Kentucky, where the opioid epidemic has led to the increased incarceration of women, many of whom are white, one mother fights for custody of her children. In Mississippi, a wife steels herself for her husband's thirty-ninth year in prison and does her best to keep their sons close.\u003cbr\u003eThrough these stories, Harvey reveals a shadow system of laws and regulations enacted to dehumanize the incarcerated and profit off their families -- from mandatory sentencing laws, to restrictions on prison visitation, to astronomical charges for brief phone calls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shadow System\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opening account of the way incarceration has impacted generations of American families; it delivers a galvanizing clarion call to fix this broken system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvia A. Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781568588803","brand":"Bold Type Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45199060140169,"sku":"9781568588803","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_01a026dd-418d-4d0c-8e56-290a3c52f2d5.jpg?v=1769494441","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-shadow-system-mass-incarceration-and-the-american-family-9781568588803","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}