Bestsellers
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
By: John Grisham
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The Sun Does Shine
- By: Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Bryan Stevenson - foreword
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson - foreword, Kevin R. Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sun Does Shine is an arresting audiobook memoir of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading, written by a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit....
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DOWN WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!!!
- By MUDDBONE on 04-29-18
By: Anthony Ray Hinton, and others
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Correction
- Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
- By: Ben Austen
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world’s incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichés—paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time—there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don’t actually know why we punish....
By: Ben Austen
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The Sing Sing Files
- One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
- By: Dan Slepian
- Narrated by: Dan Slepian
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Dan Slepian, a veteran producer for NBC’s Dateline recounts his two-decade journey navigating the broken criminal justice system to help free six innocent men.
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Really good information about wrongful convictions
- By A.J. on 10-16-24
By: Dan Slepian
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Orange Is the New Black
- My Year in a Women's Prison
- By: Piper Kerman
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money 10 years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to 15 months at an infamous federal correctional facility....
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The show is better
- By Carlie on 02-06-20
By: Piper Kerman
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The Highest Law in the Land
- How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy
- By: Jessica Pishko
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading authority on sheriffs in America investigates the impunity with which sheriffs police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in American life, law enforcement, and, increasingly, national politics....
By: Jessica Pishko
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
By: John Grisham
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The Sun Does Shine
- By: Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Bryan Stevenson - foreword
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson - foreword, Kevin R. Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sun Does Shine is an arresting audiobook memoir of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading, written by a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit....
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DOWN WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!!!
- By MUDDBONE on 04-29-18
By: Anthony Ray Hinton, and others
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Correction
- Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
- By: Ben Austen
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world’s incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichés—paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time—there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don’t actually know why we punish....
By: Ben Austen
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The Sing Sing Files
- One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
- By: Dan Slepian
- Narrated by: Dan Slepian
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Dan Slepian, a veteran producer for NBC’s Dateline recounts his two-decade journey navigating the broken criminal justice system to help free six innocent men.
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Really good information about wrongful convictions
- By A.J. on 10-16-24
By: Dan Slepian
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Orange Is the New Black
- My Year in a Women's Prison
- By: Piper Kerman
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money 10 years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to 15 months at an infamous federal correctional facility....
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The show is better
- By Carlie on 02-06-20
By: Piper Kerman
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The Highest Law in the Land
- How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy
- By: Jessica Pishko
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading authority on sheriffs in America investigates the impunity with which sheriffs police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in American life, law enforcement, and, increasingly, national politics....
By: Jessica Pishko
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Prisoners of the Castle
- An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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In this gripping narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one of the most famous prison stories in history and makes it utterly his own. During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz Castle to hold the most defiant Allied prisoners.
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Another chapter of history brought to life by a master
- By Steve on 09-28-22
By: Ben Macintyre
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American Prison
- A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
- By: Shane Bauer
- Narrated by: James Fouhey, Shane Bauer
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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After working as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison, Shane Bauer wrote an exposé about his experiences. In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America....
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Disgusting
- By Frank on 09-23-18
By: Shane Bauer
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- By: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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Excellent
- By James on 03-30-18
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Writing My Wrongs
- Life, Death, and One Man's Story of Redemption in an American Prison
- By: Shaka Senghor
- Narrated by: Shaka Senghor
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle-class neighborhood on Detroit’s east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An honor roll student and a natural leader, he dreamed of becoming a doctor—but at age eleven, his parents’ marriage began to unravel....
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My Inspiration
- By Max on 03-15-16
By: Shaka Senghor
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Blood in the Water
- The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
- By: Heather Ann Thompson
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 22 hrs and 46 mins
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On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment....
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Tragic Events, Well-Told
- By David on 10-27-17
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Dead Man Walking
- The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
- By: Helen Prejean, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Susan Sarandon, and others
- Narrated by: Helen Prejean
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison....
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A must read, haunting tale
- By Michael DeNobile on 10-16-21
By: Helen Prejean, and others
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Solitary
- Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement. My story of transformation and hope.
- By: Albert Woodfox
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
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Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement - in a six-foot by nine-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana - all for a crime he did not commit....
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An eye opener!
- By Ellen Gilmartin on 05-25-19
By: Albert Woodfox
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Captive in Iran
- A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph amid the Horror of Tehran's Brutal Evin Prison
- By: Maryam Rostampour, Marziyeh Amirizadeh, John Perry
- Narrated by: Patty Fogarty
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In Captive in Iran, Maryam and Marziyeh recount their 259 days in Evin. It’s an amazing story of unyielding faith - when denying God would have meant freedom....
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Sorry, but
- By E. A. Boyce on 09-06-15
By: Maryam Rostampour, and others
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Corrections in Ink
- A Memoir
- By: Keri Blakinger
- Narrated by: Keri Blakinger
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In this electric and unforgettable memoir, Keri Blakinger shares her journey from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom—and tells how she emerged with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced.
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Brutal honesty, great listen
- By Enzo G. on 06-12-22
By: Keri Blakinger
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Marked for Life
- One Man's Fight for Justice from the Inside
- By: Isaac Wright Jr., Jon Sternfeld - contributor
- Narrated by: Isaac Wright Jr.
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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An empowering memoir of courage and hope in the face of injustice, Marked for Life is the true story of Isaac Wright Jr.’s battle to win his freedom after being wrongfully imprisoned for crimes he didn’t commit, and a critical indictment of America’s judicial system....
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Outstanding Book!
- By JXL on 06-10-24
By: Isaac Wright Jr., and others
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Rikers
- An Oral History
- By: Graham Rayman, Reuven Blau
- Narrated by: Nathan Agin, Jonathan Beville, Nancy Bober, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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What happens when you pack almost a dozen jails, bulging at the seams with society’s cast-offs, onto a spit of landfill purposefully hidden from public view? Prize-winning journalists Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau have spent two years interviewing more than 130 people....
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Great book!
- By FriscoBX153 on 01-28-23
By: Graham Rayman, and others
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Newjack
- Guarding Sing Sing
- By: Ted Conover
- Narrated by: Ted Conover
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing is the story of Ted Conover's rookie year as a guard at Sing Sing....
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THE BEST BOOK ON PRISON LIFE I HAVE EVER READ!!!
- By Steve on 06-27-09
By: Ted Conover
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Inside Alcatraz
- My Time on the Rock
- By: Jim Quillen
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives....
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A Cautionary Tale of a Life Misspent
- By Rob S. on 03-16-17
By: Jim Quillen
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Black Beach
- 491 Days in One of Africa’s Most Brutal Prisons
- By: Daniel Janse van Rensburg, Tracey Pharoah
- Narrated by: Jason Morgan, Danny Painter
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Black Beach, located on Bioko island off the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, is one of the world’s most feared prisons, notorious for its brutality and inhumane conditions....
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Good book with a compelling story
- By Anonymous User on 06-25-24
By: Daniel Janse van Rensburg, and others
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Parole
- By: Rob McKeon
- Narrated by: Rob McKeon
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Deciding if a prisoner should stay in prison or be released is no mean feat. Enter the fascinating world of the parole board with Rob McKeon of BBC’s Parole.
By: Rob McKeon
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Beyond These Walls
- Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States
- By: Tony Platt
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the US, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration, and offers a bold vision for a new future....
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Having a hard time caring about Black Lives Matter?
- By Mary M. on 09-01-20
By: Tony Platt
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Beyond Survival
- Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
- By: Ejeris Dixon - editor, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - editor
- Narrated by: Ejeris Dixon, Esteban Kelly
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing....
By: Ejeris Dixon - editor, and others
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Punished
- Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
- By: Victor M. Rios
- Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Rios followed a group of 40 delinquent Black and Latino boys for three years. These boys found themselves in a vicious cycle, caught in a spiral of punishment and incarceration....
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audio goes out in ch 4 at 25:30
- By Amazon Customer on 04-12-18
By: Victor M. Rios
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Cuz
- Or the Life and Times of Michael A.
- By: Danielle Allen
- Narrated by: Danielle Allen
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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So tender yet courageous is this fierce family memoir that it makes mass incarceration nothing less than a new American tragedy....
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An important book hampered by writing and reading
- By Paul on 02-26-18
By: Danielle Allen
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A Question of Freedom
- A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison
- By: Reginald Dwayne Betts
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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At the age of 16, R. Dwayne Betts carjacked a man with a friend. A Question of Freedom chronicles Betts's years in prison, reflecting back on his crime, and looking ahead to how his experiences and the books he discovered while incarcerated would define him....
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Institutions Matter
- By Vance V. Ginn on 06-11-24
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What's Prison For?
- Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Columbia Global Reports)
- By: Bill Keller
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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What's Prison For? examines the “incarceration” part of mass incarceration. Our prisons remain a shameful waste of lives and money, feeding a pathological cycle of poverty, community dysfunction, crime and hopelessness....
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A must read! Review of "What's Prison For?" by Bill Keller
- By Anonymous User on 07-15-24
By: Bill Keller
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Public Stoning
- God's Design for a Nation Without Prisons
- By: Adam Terrell
- Narrated by: Tim Stephenson
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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This book is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of religion, activism, and the prison system, and it's sure to spark lively discussions among believers and atheists alike....
By: Adam Terrell
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Love and Justice
- By: Jonathan Irons, Maya Moore Irons, Bryan Stevenson - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Irons, Maya Moore Irons
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In the tradition of Just Mercy, an inspirational memoir by WNBA star Maya Moore Irons and her husband, Jonathan Irons, who she helped free from a wrongful conviction....
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real love
- By Msfaith44 on 10-10-24
By: Jonathan Irons, and others
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The Second Chance Club
- Hardship and Hope After Prison
- By: Jason Hardy
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic audiobook....
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Important Perspective for Criminal Justice Reform
- By Wayne on 07-07-22
By: Jason Hardy