How Long to Read Prison and Social Death

How Long Does it Take to Read Prison and Social Death?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 35 minutes to read Prison and Social Death by Joshua M. Price

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The United States imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation in the world. To be sentenced to prison is to face systematic violence, humiliation, and, perhaps worst of all, separation from family and community. It is, to borrow Orlando Patterson’s term for the utter isolation of slavery, to suffer “social death.” In Prison and Social Death, Joshua Price exposes the unexamined cost that prisoners pay while incarcerated and after release, drawing upon hundreds of often harrowing interviews conducted with people in prison, parolees, and their families. Price argues that the prison separates prisoners from desperately needed communities of support from parents, spouses, and children. Moreover, this isolation of people in prison renders them highly vulnerable to other forms of violence, including sexual violence. Price stresses that the violence they face goes beyond physical abuse by prison guards and it involves institutionalized forms of mistreatment, ranging from abysmally poor health care to routine practices that are arguably abusive, such as pat-downs, cavity searches, and the shackling of pregnant women. And social death does not end with prison. The condition is permanent, following people after they are released from prison. Finding housing, employment, receiving social welfare benefits, and regaining voting rights are all hindered by various legal and other hurdles. The mechanisms of social death, Price shows, are also informal and cultural. Ex-prisoners face numerous forms of distrust and are permanently stigmatized by other citizens around them. A compelling blend of solidarity, civil rights activism, and social research, Prison and Social Death offers a unique look at the American prison and the excessive and unnecessary damage it inflicts on prisoners and parolees.

How long is Prison and Social Death?

Prison and Social Death by Joshua M. Price is 213 pages long, and a total of 53,889 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Prison and Social Death Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 54 minutes to read Prison and Social Death aloud.

What Reading Level is Prison and Social Death?

Prison and Social Death is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Prison and Social Death?

Prison and Social Death by Joshua M. Price is sold by several retailers and bookshops. However, Read Time works with Amazon to provide an easier way to purchase books.

To buy Prison and Social Death by Joshua M. Price on Amazon click the button below.