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Joni Schwartz is professor of humanities at the City University of New York - LaGuardia Community College and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Graduate Studies Program.
Without minimizing the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark challenges the mindset of incarceration as a solely one dimensional, deficit event. Instead, this book argues that the prison experience can potentially be one of transformational learning.
Part I: Adult Transformative Learning and the Prison Experience