Prisons of Debt: The Afterlives of Incarcerated Fathers

by Lynne Haney

A profound portrait of the hidden injustices that trap fathers in a cycle of punishment and debt. In the first study of its kind, sociologist Lynne Haney travels into state institutions across the country to document the experiences of the millions of fathers cycling through the criminal justice and child support systems. Prisons of Debt shows how these systems work together to create complex entanglements--rather than "piling up" in men's lives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520297253
• ISBN13: 9780520297258
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"