ampampltpampampgtampampltstrongampampgtA firsthand account of the death penaltys wholly destructive nature.ampampampnbspampampltbr ampampgtampampltbr ampampgtampampltstrongampampgtIn ampampltemampampgtWitnessampampltemampampgt Lyle C. May offers a scathing critique of shifts in sentencing laws prison policies that ensure recidivism and classic tough on crime views that dont make society safer or prevent crime. These insightful and analytical essays explore capital punishment life imprisonment prison education prison journalism as well as what activism from inside looks like on the road toward abolishing the carceral state.ampampampnbspampampltbr ampampgtampampltbr ampampgtNo outside journalist can adequately report what happens inside death row or what it is like to live through thirtythree executions of people you know.