Mass Supervision: Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom

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An insiders look at how the rise of fast fashion obstructs ethical shopping and fuels the abuse and neglect of garment workers

Ours is the era of fast fashion: a time of cheap and constantly changing styles for consumers of every stripe, with new clothing hitting the racks every season as social mediafueled tastes shift.

Worn Out examines the underside of our historic clothing binge and the fashion industrys fall from grace. Former InStyle senior news editor and seasoned journalist Alyssa Hardys riveting work explores the lives of the millions of garment workersmostly women of colorwho toil in the fashion industry around the worldfrom LA-based sweatshop employees who experience sexual abuse while stitching clothes for H&M, Fashion Nova, and Levis to homeworkers in Indonesia who are unknowingly given carcinogenic materials to work with. Worn Out exposes the complicity of celebrities whose endorsements obscure the exploitation behind marquee brands and also includes interviews with designers such as Mara Hoffman, whose business models are based on ethical production standards.

Like many of us, Hardy believes in the personal, political, and cultural place fashion has in our lives, from seed to sew to closet, and that it is still okay to indulge in its glitz and glamour. But the time has come, she argues, to force real change on an industry that prefers to keep its dark side behind the runway curtain. The perfect book for people who are passionate about clothing and style, Worn Out seeks to engage in a real conversation about who gets harmed by fast fashionand offers meaningful solutions for change.

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Praise for Mass Supervision:
This is a real moment for parole and probation in America. This book chronicles the rise of mass supervision and the birth of the movement to reform it. From the injustices I experienced on probation and the #FreeMeek movement that resulted in my release, to the experiences of millions of Americans who are tormented by the supervision-to-prison pipeline, to the many changes REFORM Alliance and others have already brought about, this book takes us from the creation of the system, through its transformations and reforms, and directs us to the hard work remaining to free men and women still unjustly trapped on supervision. Schiraldi captures how far weve come in the movement to fix parole and probation and reminds us how much more we can do if we stand together against injustice.
Robert Meek Mill Williams, recording artist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of the REFORM Alliance

When I hired Vinny Schiraldi to run New York Citys probation department, I wanted someone who would shake up a broken systemand thats exactly what we got. He played a critical role in helping our administration reduce both incarceration and crime to record lows, and the experiences and insights he shares in Mass Supervision hold lessons for the whole country.
Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York (20022013) and founder of Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies

Author Bio

Vincent Schiraldi is the founder of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice and the Justice Policy Institute. He has served as director of juvenile corrections in Washington, DC, commissioner of the New York City Department of Probation, and commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction. He has been a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and co-founded the Columbia University Justice Lab. He is currently secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services and has written extensively for outlets ranging from the New York Times to The Marshall Project. The author of Mass Supervision (The New Press), he lives just outside of Washington, DC.