David Coogan

This book sheds light and exposes the hidden stories of invisible people in America. – Flores Forbes, Invisible Men: A Contemporary Slave Narrative in the Era of Mass Incarceration

A must-read if you want to hear it real and unfiltered. - Kenneth Hartman, Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars.

This powerful series of essays by Dave Coogan and his former jail students make clear to readers that their hearts and resilience have survived this system that wants to break people, that they will not be counted among the broken. - Doran Larson, Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the Failures of the American Prison

From top left:

David Coogan

Naji Mujahid

Ronald Fountain

Kelvin Belton

Dean Turner

Stanley Craddock

Photo credit:

Skip Rowland