What is Canaan Federal Penitentiary

Canaan Federal Penitentiary is where Snyder meets with Donte after he breaks his parole and is arrested. Canaan offers readers a small introduction to the prison environment and the culture that inmates are living with. Snyder questions whether it is possible to remain nonviolent in a place like Canaan and still survive, highlighting the reality that the prison system breeds violence, rather than reforming inmates against it. Canaan is an example of a place where systemic changes are needed in order to focus on perpetrator rehabilitation and the reduction of recidivism rates.