{"product_id":"burning-down-the-house-the-end-of-juvenile-prison-9781620971314","title":"Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison","description":"In what the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e called \"an epic work of investigative journalism that lays bare our nation's brutal and counterproductive juvenile prisons and is a clarion call to bring our children home,\" Nell Bernstein eloquently argues that there is no good way to lock up a child. Making the radical argument that state-run detention centers should be abolished completely, her \"passionate and convincing\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e) book points out that our system of juvenile justice flies in the face of everything we know about what motivates young people to change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalled \"a devastating read\" by Truthout, \u003ci\u003eBurning Down the House\u003c\/i\u003e received a starred \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e review and was an \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e recommended summer read. Bernstein's heartrending portraits of young people abused by the system intended to protect and \"rehabilitate\" them are interwoven with reporting on innovative programs that provide effective alternatives to putting children behind bars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a work that the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e called \"a searing indictment and a deft strike at the heart of America's centuries-old practice of locking children away in institution\"--a landmark book that has already launched a new national conversation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernstein, Nell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620971314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 1.10d","brand":"Nell Bernstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749568163915,"sku":"9781620971314","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_a22185ba-1a0f-4fe0-bead-db513d053260.jpg?v=1597791555","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/burning-down-the-house-the-end-of-juvenile-prison-9781620971314","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}