In this non-fiction book, Nell Bernstein describes the mistreatment of delinquent youths and shows that juvenile homes or prisons are not what they seem. In certain chapters, the author follows several different young adults and how they ended up in a youth prison. In what the San Francisco Chronicle calls “an epic work of investigative journalism that lays bare our nation’s brutal and counterproductive juvenile prisons and is a clarion call to bring our children home,” Nell Bernstein eloquently argues that there is no right way to lock up a child. The very act of isolation denies children the thing that is most essential to their growth and rehabilitation: positive Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Nell Bernstein is the author of All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated, a Newsweek “Book of the Week,” and Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison (both published by The New Press). She is a former Soros Justice Media Fellow and a .
Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison - Kindle edition by Bernstein, Nell. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison. Nell Bernstein is the author of Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison and All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated, both published by The New Press. All Alone in the World was selected as a pick of the week by Newsweek, a best book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, and a top ten book of the year by the Online Review of Books, and has been adopted into the. Nell Bernstein. Burning Down the House is a clarion call to shut down our nation's brutal and counterproductive juvenile prisons and bring our children home. All Alone in the World, a "moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families," was a Newsweek "Book of the Week.".
Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison. Burning Down the House.: Nell Bernstein. New Press, The, Jun 3, - Law - pages. 1 Review. When teenagers scuffle during a basketball. Nell Bernstein. Burning Down the House is a clarion call to shut down our nation’s brutal and counterproductive juvenile prisons and bring our children home. All Alone in the World, a “moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families,” was a Newsweek “Book of the Week.”. In what the San Francisco Chronicle calls “an epic work of investigative journalism that lays bare our nation’s brutal and counterproductive juvenile prisons and is a clarion call to bring our children home,” Nell Bernstein eloquently argues that there is no right way to lock up a child. The very act of isolation denies children the thing that is most essential to their growth and rehabilitation: positive relationships with caring adults.
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