{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "It goes without saying that the US’ carceral system isn’t just deeply flawed, it’s entirely broken. From private prisons looking to fill beds and doing nothing to reduce recidivism, to law enforcement and prosecutorial unwillingness to admit mistakes. Dan Slepian is well suited to highlight this having worked to expose crimes and wrongdoing on Dateline . He was drawn into an investigation of this broken system by a tip and subsequent encounters that followed him for decades. That investigators ruin lives by failing to fully investigate leads, that prosecutors refuse to properly evaluate and accept mistakes is appalling. That someone could spend two plus decades in Sing Sing while educating themselves and helping their fellow inmates is as tragic as it is admirable. Will we ever reform this system? I doubt it — the folks with the power to do so are more interested in being cruel than they are of reforming anything in a way that positively benefits society.",
  "path": "/reading/books/9781250897701/the-sing-sing-files",
  "publishedAt": "2025-02-04T00:00:00Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:sttgf52vkk46f6yuknvqxvgh/site.standard.publication/self",
  "tags": [
    "crime",
    "nonfiction",
    "true crime"
  ],
  "title": "The Sing Sing Files"
}