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Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women by Susan Burton
Great reads about prison and the criminal justice system.
Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Sideby Rayya Elias
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemptionby Bryan Stevenson
Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison by Andrea James
Upper Bunkies Unite: And Other Thoughts On the Politics of Mass Incarceration by Shaka Senghor
Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus: Inside the World of a Woman Born in Prison by Deborah Jiang Stein
Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman of Color — A Journey from Prison to Power by Patrice Gaines
Author of 'Orange is the New Black' and justice reform activist
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