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Keramet Reiter

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Keramet Reiter is the author of 23/7, the first comprehensive history of the origins of the modern supermax prison, and the co-editor of the Extreme Punishment anthology. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and at the School of Law at the University of California, Irvine. She has taught in prison education programs, worked at Human Rights Watch, and testified about the impacts of solitary confinement before state and federal legislators. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.

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	23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement 4.09 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pine Box Parole: Terry Fitzsimmons and the Quest to End Solitary Confinement and Other True Cases by John L. Hill (Goodreads Author), Raphael Rowe (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Keramet Reiter (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mass Incarceration (Keynotes Criminology Criminal Justice) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extreme Punishment: Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology) by Keramet Reiter (Goodreads Author) (editor), Alexa Koenig (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prison Stories: Women Scholars’ Experiences Doing Research Behind Bars by Jennifer Schlosser (editor), Dallas Augustine (Contributor), Melissa Barragan (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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