2020 PROSE Awards

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Award Category: Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology
Award Level: Finalist | Award Year: 2020
Sponsoring Organization: Association of American Publishers, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division
Winner(s): Life and Death in Rikers Island by Homer Venters

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Homer Venters
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Homer Venters

Homer Venters is the former Chief Medical Officer of the New York City jail system. He currently works as a Federal Monitor of health services in several jail and prison settings and is an adjunct faculty member at New York University's College of Global Public Health. He is the author of Life and Death in Riker's Island.
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