Correction

Through its portraits of two men, imprisoned for murder, and the parole board that holds their freedom in the balance, 'Correction' offers a behind-the-curtain look at the process of parole in America. Austen's engaging storytelling forces a reckoning with some of the most profound questions underlying the country's values around crime and punishment: What must someone who commits a terrible act do to get a second chance? What does incarceration seek to accomplish? An illuminating work of narrat