“American Prison” draws from Bauer’s own experience working undercover as an entry-level prison guard at Louisiana’s Winn Correctional Center while on assignment as a senior reporter for Mother Jones. Our February book club pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with the New York Times, is Shane Bauer’s “American Prison,” an inside look at the private prison industry in the United States. The book also received the Silver Medal for Non-Fiction from the California Book Awards.Become a member of the “Now Read This” book club by joining our Facebook group or signing up to receive our newsletter. Kirkus Reviews described it as "A potent, necessary broadside against incarceration in the U.S." Michael Schaub of National Public Radio described it as "an enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform." Nate Blakeslee of The New York Times wrote that "the sheer number of forehead-slapping quotes from Bauer’s superiors and fellow guards alone are worth the price of admission." Bauer alternates between discussing his experiences at Winn and the history of incarceration in the United States. The book was released on September 18, 2018. The book is based upon his experiences, which were initially chronicled in a 2016 Mother Jones article written by Bauer. Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism (2019)Īmerican Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment is a 2018 book by Shane Bauer, published by Penguin Press, about incarceration in the United States and the usage of private prisons.īauer had worked at the Winn Correctional Center in Winn Parish, Louisiana, then operated by Corrections Corporation of America (now CoreCivic), as an undercover journalist in 2014.
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