Reuben Jonathan Miller, author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration, will be a headlining speaker at the Virginia Festival of the Book.
His March 16 talk at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center will begin at 7 p.m.
Miller will discuss his work studying mass incarceration, including life after incarceration, sharing the stories of the men, women, and communities fighting against a system that is designed for them to fail. His poignant and eye-opening call to arms reveals how laws, rules, and regulations extract a tangible cost not only from those working to rebuild their lives, but also our democracy. In conversation with Yahusef Medina.
Book sales and a signing will follow.
The event is free and open to the public.
Learn more at VaBook.org/events/halfway-home.
While in Charlottesville, Dr. Miller will also meet with community leaders for an invitation-only discussion of local, regional, and statewide work focused on incarceration and provide his input and expertise in helping share the future of related initiatives in the Commonwealth.
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