A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste

By Christopher Scarver

Christopher J. Scarver's latest book, A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste, is a unique look at America (e.g. its ghettos, housing projects, and prisons through the eyes of a self-rehabilitated American prisoner (Christopher) who was once labeled by government officials as one of the "worst of the worst" prisoners in the United States and sent to ADX-Florence, CO (aka "the Alcatraz of the Rockies") where America's other "worst of the worst" were and are kept.It is important for the "Land of the Free" to see itself from the perspective of its disenfranchised forgotten citizens-particularly, its prisoners, (whose voices are effectively muzzled by the government), because America does not look the same from the ghetto, nor from behind America's many prison bars and razor-wired electrocuting fences. It is also important for all American citizens to know the hidden influences that commonly turn innocent infants into insane adults and/or guilty grownups.The reader will discover why present prison policies fail to produce the needed improvements in prisoners that taxpayers faithfully fund annually without any positive return on their investment.Drawing on insight gleaned from over 27 years of incarceration, Mr. Scarver concludes this work with his own list of solutions and/or prison reform measures needed to improve the people locked in US prisons and its impoverished areas in the free world.He is confident that, when implemented, these changes will end crime as we know it and shut down this hyper-profiteering corrupt system which exploits the ignorance and powerlessness of its most vulnerable citizens, all for greed-based purposes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1985244144
• ISBN13: 9781985244146
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"