Unveiling Truths: Can Parole and Prison Really Transform Lives?
Both Michael and Johnny have been in Illinois prisons for most of their lives. And both hold out hope that, someday, they will be released. Austen dips in and out of the men’s stories as they prepare for parole hearings, get denied, and await their next opportunity. It is an emotional roller coaster that this reader found impossible not to feel invested in.
Woven throughout Correction is the historical and political backdrop against which men and women like Michael and Johnny become ensnared in the criminal legal system. Austen leaves no room for doubt that the criminal legal system is deeply flawed. Correction delivers an indictment of a broken corrections system in which thousands of Americans languish. The guiding question for him is whether the use of parole can and should be part of reforming that larger system.
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