Book Review: Steve Herbert, Too Easy to Keep: Life-Sentenced Prisoners and the Future of Mass Incarceration. First Edition. Oakland, CA: University of California Press. 2019. ISBN: 978- 0520300514

Abstract

In his book, Too Easy to Keep, Steve Herbert a Mark Torrance Professor and Department Chair at the University of Washington Law, Societies, and Justices explores the consequences of the steady increase in lifesentence laws and the fiscal and human costs associated with implementation and application of these laws. This book specifically focuses on the journey of life-sentenced prisoners in search of atonement and how their projects of self-actualization and desires for redemption help transform and improve the institution in which they live.