In 2009,Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith lied about about a campaign malfeasance, and he received a year and a day in a Kentucky prison. Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What My Years Behind Bars Taught Me About America’s Prison Crisis is the story of his time in the tall house; of the people he met there and the things he learned, and including that America’s prison-industrial complex is a system that aims to build better criminals instead of better citizens.Event: Jeff Smith will be speaking and signing books at The Theresa Lang Community and Student Center,Arnhold corridor, at The unique School (55 West 13th Street, and Room I202),on September 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Source: wnyc.org