Thought provoking and powerful, Jerome G. Miller explores today's American criminal justice system and the impact it has on young African American males.

That Bird Has My Wings tells the story of Jarvis Jay Masters’ childhood with parents addicted to heroin, an abusive foster family, a life of crime and imprisonment, and the eventual embracing of Buddhism while on Death Row at San Quentin Prison. A cautionary tale for kids in danger of following the same path, his book is also meant to inspire government officials and social service professionals who are truly in a position to fix our broken system.

This brand new text identifies the macroeconomic forces relevant to imprisonment—poverty and political powerlessness—and explores viable and humane alternatives to our current incarceration binge.