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A stunning expose and call to change, Way Down in the Hole lays bare the racism of our criminal justice system as it extends into the horror of solitary confinement. No stone is left unturned; Angela J. Battery and Earl Smith have made us aware. --Mary Buser author of Lockdown on Rikers: Socking Stories of Abuse and Injustice at New York's Notorious Jail Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery provide us with a startling view of how solitary confinement in U.S. prisons both dehumanizes and racializes. Way Down in the Hole is an insightful analysis of this abuse and the structure of racist lies within society by which it is maintained. --Rory McVeigh author of The Politics of Losing: Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment With passion, clarity, and sociological depth, Professors Smith and Hattery analyze and deconstruct the highest stage of white supremacy in contemporary America: solitary confinement. Way Down in the Hole is antiracist ethnography at its best, an instant classic. --Eduardo Bonilla-Silva author of Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States

A stunning expose and call to change, Way Down in the Hole lays bare the racism of our criminal justice system as it extends into the horror of solitary confinement. No stone is left unturned; Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith have made us aware. --Mary Buser author of Lockdown on Rikers: Shocking Stories of Abuse and Injustice at New York's Notorious Jail With passion, clarity, and sociological depth, Professors Hattery and Smith analyze and deconstruct the highest stage of white supremacy in contemporary America: solitary confinement. Way Down in the Hole is antiracist ethnography at its best, an instant classic. --Eduardo Bonilla-Silva author of Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery provide us with a startling view of how solitary confinement in U.S. prisons both dehumanizes and racializes. Way Down in the Hole is an insightful analysis of this abuse and the structure of racist lies within society by which it is maintained. --Rory McVeigh author of The Politics of Losing: Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment

“A stunning exposé and call to change, Way Down in the Hole lays bare the racism of our criminal justice system as it extends into the horror of solitary confinement. No stone is left unturned; Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith have made us aware.” -- Mary Buser * author of Lockdown on Rikers: Shocking Stories of Abuse and Injustice at New York’s Notorious Jail * “With passion, clarity, and sociological depth, Professors Hattery and Smith analyze and deconstruct the highest stage of white supremacy in contemporary America: solitary confinement. Way Down in the Hole is antiracist ethnography at its best, an instant classic.” -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva * author of Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America * “Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery provide us with a startling view of how solitary confinement in U.S. prisons both dehumanizes and racializes. Way Down in the Hole is an insightful analysis of this abuse and the structure of racist lies within society by which it is maintained.” -- Rory McVeigh * author of The Politics of Losing: Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment * “A stunning exposé and call to change, Way Down in the Hole lays bare the racism of our criminal justice system as it extends into the horror of solitary confinement. No stone is left unturned; Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith have made us aware.” -- Mary Buser * author of Lockdown on Rikers: Shocking Stories of Abuse and Injustice at New York’s Notorious Jail * “With passion, clarity, and sociological depth, Professors Hattery and Smith analyze and deconstruct the highest stage of white supremacy in contemporary America: solitary confinement. Way Down in the Hole is antiracist ethnography at its best, an instant classic.” -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva * author of Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in Ame * “Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery provide us with a startling view of how solitary confinement in U.S. prisons both dehumanizes and racializes. Way Down in the Hole is an insightful analysis of this abuse and the structure of racist lies within society by which it is maintained.” -- Rory McVeigh * author of The Politics of Losing: Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment *

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ANGELA J. HATTERY is a professor of women and gender studies and co-director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence at the University of Delaware in Newark. She is the author of eleven books, including Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change and The Social Dynamics of Family Violence (both with Earl Smith). EARL SMITH is a professor of women and gender studies at the University of Delaware in Newark. He also holds the position of Emeritus Rubin Distinguished Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Sociology at Wake Forest University. He is the author of thirteen books, including Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change and The Social Dynamics of Family Violence (both with Angela J. Hattery). TERRY A. KUPERS is a psychiatrist and professor emeritus at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. He is the author of Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It and Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It.

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