Letters to Our Sons: A Collection of Letters by Prisoners & Ex-Prisoners to Stop Mass Incarceration of Our Youth

On April 15 2018 seven prisoners were slaughtered and twenty-two seriously injured during a prison riot in South Carolina. This incident prison conditions and mass incarceration were the inspiration for this book Letters to Our Sons which represents five years of research. Authors Dawn Simmons and Heru Mossiah Maat collaborated with over 80 prisoners from behind the steel fences of maximum security prisons in South Carolina and throughout the United States. These prisoners have stepped up in an effort to bring awareness to the mass incarceration of our youth in the United States of America. From their personal and collective experience they use powerful heart-wrenching candid narratives to highlight that prison is a place of mental destruction violence poor living conditions and poor quality food. These incarcerated men also acknowledge that more adult males and teenage boys enter the prison system than those who enter college as well as lament that young men enter the prison system by the truck loads as if there were no other options. In response these prisoners who are convicted burglars drug dealers rapists and murderers from diverse backgrounds hope to make a positive difference by telling their story.Dawn Simmons and Heru Mossiah Maat have written a must read tell all book. Letters to Our Sons describes the circumstances that have led many men to prison the prison living conditions and the frustration and dehumanization which breeds violence within prison walls. For further insights about the current prison system criminal justice activists former and current correctional staff and police officers provided their narratives opinions and advice especially about hope for the future. Through infographics research and essays the book will educate readers about the truths of prison life.In Letters to Our Sons over 80 prisoners found the strength and courage to reveal their true wisdom and vulnerability in order to change the direction of future criminal justice and prison legislation. Most importantly they hope to intervene in our children?s lives before it is too late.THE NEWEST RAWEST UNCUT VERSION for KEEPING THE YOUTH 'OUT'! Finally! A book to stop crime and mass incarceration which is raw uncut and tells all. From some of the deadliest beasts to college grads wimps pimps and DADS...with prison sentences ranging from things only imaginable and showing the raw uncut horrors of incarceration in an attempt to give back to society and save our youth... Letters to Our Sons A Collections of Letters by Prisoners & Ex-Prisoners to Stop Mass Incarceration of Our Youth. A Global Must Read?

Series: Letters To Our Sons (Book 1)

Paperback: 556 pages

Publisher: Imperial Imprint LLC (October 31 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0986390399

ISBN-13: 978-0986390395

Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.3 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds