#hardcover#prisonsystem#hiddenshame#poor#punishment States of confinement confronts all of us with the nations head in shame— the 2 million people locked and it’s prisons by a system that marks for special punishment the poor, the non-white, the helpless. This book is an enormously useful treasury of information, joining powerful personal stories with bold, thoughtful analysis. I hope it will be widely read. Ex-lib. Cover wavy.