Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration
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“A haunting and harrowing indictment . . . [a] significant achievement.” —The New York Times Book Review
L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist * New York Times Book Review Paperback Row * Time Best New Books July 2020
Waiting for an Echo is a riveting, rarely seen glimpse into American jails and prisons. It is also a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones.
Dr. Christine Montross has spen...
L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist * New York Times Book Review Paperback Row * Time Best New Books July 2020
Waiting for an Echo is a riveting, rarely seen glimpse into American jails and prisons. It is also a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones.
Dr. Christine Montross has spen...






















