John R. Chaney is full time criminal justice faculty member at City University of New York’s (CUNY) LaGuardia Community College and reentry consultant for community-based organizations.Joni Schwartz is associate professor at City University of New York’s (CUNY) LaGuardia Community College, social activist scholar, and founder of three adult education centers in New York City.

Chaney and Schwarz have produced a book that is critically important for educators and those interested in helping re-build lives and communities of the formerly incarcerated. Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizenshas so many virtues to recommend it. Not only does it provide a critical analysis of the challenges facing the formerly incarcerated, but it also provides workable strategies for dealing with these challenges. The contributors speak authoritatively—either having experienced incarceration or worked with those who have. A whole section of the book is devoted to giving voice to the previously incarcerated and serves to humanize the adult learners in education programs. There is much to learn and benefit from in reading this book. I highly recommend for educators and those committed to social justice alike.

• Foreword, Elliott DawesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, John R. Chaney and Joni SchwartzPart 1: Context, Critical Race Theory, and College Re-EntryChapter 1: Schooling for Prison: Incarceration for Poverty, Michael HolzmanChapter 2: Education Outside of the Box, Cory FeldmanChapter 3: Do I want to be a 30 Percenter or 70 Percenter?: Black Cultural Privilege, Tony GaskewChapter 4: No Dismantling with the Master’s Tools: The Problem of Privilege in Criminal Justice Education, Colleen P. ErenChapter 5: Writing into Being and Post Incarceration, Joni SchwartzPart 2: CounterstoriesChapter 6: On the Other Side: The Reengagement of Formerly Incarcerated Students, Michael Baston and Brian MillerChapter 7: Mentoring: Compassion without Condescension, Joshua Halberstam and Tiheba BainChapter 8: Short-Term to Long Term Incarceration and Educational Re-Engagement: A Comparative Case Study, Dwayne Simpson, Davon T. Harris, and John R. ChaneyChapter 9: A New Normal: Young Men

John R. Chaney is full time criminal justice faculty member at City University of New York’s (CUNY) LaGuardia Community College and reentry consultant for community-based organizations.Joni Schwartz is associate professor at City University of New York’s (CUNY) LaGuardia Community College, social activist scholar, and founder of three adult education centers in New York City.

Chaney and Schwarz have produced a book that is critically important for educators and those interested in helping re-build lives and communities of the formerly incarcerated. Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizenshas so many virtues to recommend it. Not only does it provide a critical analysis of the challenges facing the formerly incarcerated, but it also provides workable strategies for dealing with these challenges. The contributors speak authoritatively—either having experienced incarceration or worked with those who have. A whole section of the book is devoted to giving voice to the previously incarcerated and serves to humanize the adult learners in education programs. There is much to learn and benefit from in reading this book. I highly recommend for educators and those committed to social justice alike.

• Foreword, Elliott DawesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, John R. Chaney and Joni SchwartzPart 1: Context, Critical Race Theory, and College Re-EntryChapter 1: Schooling for Prison: Incarceration for Poverty, Michael HolzmanChapter 2: Education Outside of the Box, Cory FeldmanChapter 3: Do I want to be a 30 Percenter or 70 Percenter?: Black Cultural Privilege, Tony GaskewChapter 4: No Dismantling with the Master’s Tools: The Problem of Privilege in Criminal Justice Education, Colleen P. ErenChapter 5: Writing into Being and Post Incarceration, Joni SchwartzPart 2: CounterstoriesChapter 6: On the Other Side: The Reengagement of Formerly Incarcerated Students, Michael Baston and Brian MillerChapter 7: Mentoring: Compassion without Condescension, Joshua Halberstam and Tiheba BainChapter 8: Short-Term to Long Term Incarceration and Educational Re-Engagement: A Comparative Case Study, Dwayne Simpson, Davon T. Harris, and John R. ChaneyChapter 9: A New Normal: Young Men