Gifts from the Dark: Learning from the Incarceration Experience - Paperback

by Joni Schwartz (Author), John R. Chaney (Author)

Without minimizing the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark challenges the mindset of incarceration as a solely one dimensional, deficit event. Instead, this book argues that the prison experience can potentially be one of transformational learning.

Author Biography

Joni Schwartz is professor of humanities at the City University of New York - LaGuardia Community College and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Graduate Studies Program.

John R. Chaney is assistant professor and director of Criminal Justice programs for City University of New York -- LaGuardia Community College.