"Life on The Outside"

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The paper looks at the book "Life on the Outside: The Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett" that discusses the issue of the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the return of incarcerated people into society. The book is the true story of Elaine Bartlett, a woman who spent 16 years in prison for a one-time offense involving drugs. The paper describes how her story reflects the story of millions of American prisoners that will return to society over the next decade without any guide of how to begin their lives.

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"The book allows citizens and legislators to realize that these two issues must be addressed with haste, or the effects of the current processes will be severely detrimental to the social order. Elaine Bartlett was convicted in the New York courts for carrying four ounces of cocaine. An undocumented worker in a beauty parlor, she was supporting four children and living in public housing."

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