In Keri Blakinger’s memoir, Corrections in Ink, she tells her story of competing as an elite athlete, her decline into drug addiction, her incarceration, and her recovery and journalism career. At times harrowing, the author does not hold back in describing the details of her experiences both as an addict and her time in the corrections system. She discusses the many abuses of people within prison, oftentimes people who desperately need medical attention or rehabilitation.

Corrections in Ink is gripping and well-written. It’s a great read for anyone interested in the criminal justice system or prison reform.

I was intrigued by this memoir as it had local ties. I grew up 40 minutes from Ithaca, NY. This was a very raw memoir, tough to read at times, but it shows how drug addiction can happen to ANYONE. I appreciated the vulnerability and honesty. The book also was informative about the prison system, it is a real look inside. The author’s writing was very fascinating and impressive. I will be recommending this book to anyone who wants to know more about the prison system.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for a honest feedback.

This is a very impressive memoir. Blakinger is a smart girl who screwed up. And she is also a wonderful writer. She ends up in jail and prison and her documentation of her stay and her personal accounting of it is an eye-opener. And.. there is much to admire about this author and a lot to consider about just how and why she went down this particular path. It's both a cautionary tale and a redemptive tale. I hope it is read and talked about widely. We do not know as much about prison life as we think and as we need to know. Corrections in Ink is a good remedy for this.

This was a thousand times better than OITNB in terms of feeling less like I was meant to be entertained and definitely more like I was meant to be informed. Blakinger included more recognition of the difference between her position as a privileged white woman and the BIPOC women she met along the way. And I know this was her memoir, therefore her story, but I still struggle a bit with how much of a story like this is informative versus how much is entertainment. I want to hear about everything that happened, but also I am much more interested in what she's done since getting out in her journalism to help prison reform. I think I'll enjoy her reporting even more than the book.

This book has everything I like. to watch/read about Ice skating (loved the Battles of the Brians) and addiction all in memoir form..

This book is harrowing and I often had to put it down for a few breaths. How the mighty have fallen - it is almost impossible to understand how a healthy woman can get into such a depressing situation - yet she did.

Some of the stories are so horrible and yet, there is an honesty here that I appreciate.

great book and had me on my seat. I enjoyed the characters and all that happened in the book. I enjoyed being in this world and seeing the growth of the characters. I enjoyed the drama of the story and I can't wait to read others books by this author. I liked learning more about the jail system and her growth in it.

I enjoyed this book so much. The author writes her personal story of being a vulnerable teen who plummeted to the depths of a horrifying addiction before finally going through the prison system and coming out the other side. This book was insightful and was told with wit and intelligence. It has left me screaming out for a prison reform. I highly recommend.