{"product_id":"purgatory-citizenship-by-calvin-john-smiley-9780520385993","title":"Purgatory Citizenship","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReentry after release from incarceration is often presented as a story of redemption. Unfortunately, this is not the reality. Those being released must navigate the reentry process with diminished legal rights and amplified social stigmas, in a journey that is often confusing, complex, and precarious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMaking use of life-history interviews, focus groups, and ethnographic fieldwork with low-income urban residents of colour, primarily Black men, Calvin John Smiley finds that reentry requires the recently released to negotiate a web of disjointed and often contradictory systems that serve as an extension of the carceral system. No longer behind bars but not fully free, the recently released navigate a state of limbo that deprives them of opportunity and support while leaving them locked in a cycle of perpetual punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWarning of the dangers of reformist efforts that only serve to further entrench carceral systems, \u003cem\u003ePurgatory Citizenship\u003c\/em\u003e advocates for abolitionist solutions rooted in the visions of the people most affected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432055455980,"sku":"9780520385993","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520385993.jpg?v=1774556921","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/purgatory-citizenship-by-calvin-john-smiley-9780520385993","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}