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Review of Immigration and School Safety

how change is possible and happening and give readers guidance on how to participate. As Schwartz and Chaney point out in the introduction, “the overwhelming majority of writing identifies the all-too-familiar and true evils, humiliations, degradations, and injustices of the prison experience without offering a substantial and deep focus on the transformational phenomena” (p. xii). This book challenges the common deficit perspective of dominant narratives regarding people with criminal justice involvement. Further, the authors make a point of centering the voices of those with lived experience; specifically, that of one of the authors and member checking from incarcerated students within a prison writing program. Such a point of view is unfortunately unique in literature as is the focus on the “unexpected jewels” (p. x) too often hidden or missed in these contexts. Students within criminal justice, sociology, social work, psychology, and other programs in colleges and universities will benefit from this status-quo-challenging account and will especially enjoy when students who are incarcerated are compared to those who are not. As future professionals in the field, it is essential they learn to build upon and bolster strengths of those with whom they will work. Further, for anyone who has not had exposure to someone impacted by the system, has never visited a jail or prison, or has not lost a loved one to carceral control, this book is an eye-opening must read. For those seeking to volunteer or in any way participate in criminal justice reform, this book is an inspiration to seek out the beauty and gifts within the walls.