title: Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment
author: Meda Chesney-Lind
description: A compelling case that an over reliance on incarceration has taken a heavy toll in the form of collateral consequences . . . by some of the best thinkers in the fields of criminal justice and penology.
zlib_text: The Stainless Steel Rat Chapter 15 Uncivilized as my behavior had been, the
  jailers persisted in treating me in a most civilized fashion. I grumbled about
  this and made their job as hard as possible. I hadn't voluntarily entered
  prison in order to win a popularity contest. Pulling all those gags on the
  poor old King had been a risk. Lese-majeste is the sort of crime that is
  usually punishable by death. Happily the civilizing influences of the League
  had penetrated darkest Freibur, and the locals now fell over backwards to show
  me how law-abiding they were. I would have none of it. When they brought me a
  meal I ate it, then destroyed the dishes to show my contempt for this unlawful
  detention. This was the bait. The bruises I had suffered would be a small
  enough price to pay if my attempt at publicity paid off in the right quarters.
  Without a doubt I was being discussed. A figure of shame, a traitor to my
  class. A violent man in a peaceful world, and a pugnacious, combative
  uncompromisin