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Long-form reports, data books, and investigations that measure what the system prefers to hide.

The 2025 list, in figures

$2.1B
measured cost of Michigan’s reentry failure, in Michigan’s $2.1B Reentry Failure.
184pp
The Cost of a Life Sentence — with full data appendix.
212pp
county-level CSVs and a vendor-by-vendor cost breakdown.
160pp
Who Gets Parole in 47 Counties — race-of-applicant analysis.
Three titles live for 2025; a fourth, The Women Michigan Forgot, lands June 2026.
All titles released under open license. Print-on-demand, free PDF, and data appendices.
$5 direct-from-publisher PDF keeps the data appendix out from behind a platform.
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2025
The Cost of a Life Sentence
184pp. Data appendix included. Foreword pending final review.
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2025
Michigan's $2.1B Reentry Failure
212pp. Includes county-level CSVs and a vendor-by-vendor cost breakdown.
Ask for print edition → Direct PDF — $5

Print retail page pending.

2025
Who Gets Parole in 47 Counties
160pp. Race-of-applicant analysis by county; methodology notes inline.
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Print retail page pending.

FORTHCOMING SEP 2026
Outside Light
184pp novella. First 400 paperback pre-orders ship a second copy free into MDOC, CDCR, or TDCJ.
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FORTHCOMING JUN 2026
The Women Michigan Forgot
~240pp. Case-file work on women serving life for self-defense in Michigan.
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