American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

Name: American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
ISBN: 9780735223585

by Shane Bauer

Kirkus Prize · 2018 · Shortlist

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Penguin PressSeptember 18, 2018Mystery & Crime NonfictionISBN 9780735223585

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction	2018	Shortlist

About This Book

Shane Bauer's undercover investigation at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana — working as a prison guard for four months — exposes the violence and indifference of private prison management. Shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize.

About the Author

Shane BauerAmerican

Shane Bauer is an American journalist who grew up in Onamia, Minnesota, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007.UC Berkeley Alumni, Wikipedia In 2009, he was detained in Iran for over two years on espionage charges while hiking near the border, an experience detailed in his co-authored memoir A Sliver of Light. Prize.