After Imprisonment

Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, USA. He is also a Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor. He has written, co-written, or edited more than fifty books in the fields of law and political science.

• After Solitary Confinement: A New Era of Punishment Keramet ReiterPlanning for Precarity? Experiencing the Carceral Continuum of Imprisonment and Re-entry Gillian Balfour, Kelly Hannah-Moffat, and Sarah TurnbullBanking on Rehab Private Prison Vendors and the Reconfiguration of Mass Incarceration; Jill A. McCorkelThe Collateral Consequence Conundrum: Comparative Genealogy, Current Trends, and Future Scenarios; Alessandro Corda"$40 to Make Sure": Background Check Laws and the Endogenous Construction of Criminal Risk; David McElhattanChurning through the System: How People Engage with the Criminal Justice System when Faced with Short Sentences; Andrea LeverentzMaximizing Charges: Overcriminalization and Prosecutorial Practices During the Crime Decline; Heather Schoenfeld, Rachel M. Durso, and Kat Albrecht

Seven studies offer sociological perspectives on life after imprisonment in the US. They cover after solitary confinement: a new era of punishment; planning for precarity: experiencing the carceral continuum of imprisonment and reentry; banking on rehab: private prison vendors and the reconfiguration of mass incarceration; the collateral consequence conundrum: comparative genealogy, current trends, and future scenarios; background check laws and the endogenous construction of criminal risk; churning through the system: how people engage with the criminal justice system when faced with short sentences; and maximizing charges: over-criminalization and prosecutorial practices during the crime decline.