A review by pdestrienne
Prison Island: A Graphic Memoir by Colleen Frakes

informative reflective fast-paced

2.25

Frakes engages with what she knows about prison from growing up on the island but isn't interested in adding any deeper analysis about the systemic implications of a prison system, (for example, she draws a scene where a friend is criticizing the practice of having prisoners fight fires for bascially no pay, and her response is "they want to do it! It gives them experience!" rather than pausing and wondering why they don't deserve at least the same amount of pay as non-prisoner firefighters for risking their lives) so this ends up being an exercise in nostalgia rather than anything thought-provoking or having something to say about prisons.