Mr Smith goes to prison

Mr. Smith goes to prison: What my year behind bars taught me about America's prison crisis 272 pgs.

Jeff Smith was a Missouri political wonder kid right up until he was sentences to prison for filing a false affidavit to an Federal Election Commission complaint.  Smith served a year and a day for this infraction at the Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester in Kentucky. Needless to say, prison was quite an education for Smith, whose education includes and Phd.  The observations and experience in the system really do illuminate the prison crisis.  Despite years of teaching experience, Smith was not allowed to work in the educational area but instead, was assigned to the warehouse where he unloaded trucks all day.

Smith isn't the first one to point out that our corrections system is broken but his interesting perspective should be considered when lawmakers attempt to fix the system.

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