Dr. Christine Montross on Rethinking Incarceration in America

Dr. Christine Montross, author of the new book “Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration” and an associate professor at Brown University, speaks with us about developing a more empathic understanding of isolation, the resilience that comes with collectively undergoing a harrowing experience, and the misconceptions that form when prison inmates are seen as “other” by society.