Prisons books

An insightful ethnographic study on imprisoned 15-17-year-olds in England, this volume examines how young people...  Read More >>

When Ben Langston took a guard job at a local prison, it was because there were few other options. Jail Speak is...  Read More >>

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HMP Bronzefield, the UK's largest women's prison: notorious for bent screws and drugs: But what's the truth...  Read More >>

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What was it really like behind the forbidding barbed wire in those ancient Nissan Huts? How much has it changed...  Read More >>

Luka Kane has been inside hi-tech prison the Loop for over two years. A death sentence is hanging over his head,...  Read More >>

Echoes is the first book from Nick Bullock, one of Britain's leading adventurer climbers and mountaineers. Having...  Read More >>

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A hard-hitting exposé of G4S, the company running one of South Africa’s private prisons in Mangaung. Hopkins presents...  Read More >>

This book explores the dramatic evolution of a feminist movement that mobilised to challenge a women’s prison system...  Read More >>

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In this handbook, the editors bring together a huge breadth of...  Read More >>

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"""A critical study of key texts and moments from the last 100 years of Latin American prison literature""--"  Read More >>

The book examines the causes, experiences and consequences of intergenerational incarceration; building on data...  Read More >>

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"A Closer Look at Prisons and Prison Inmates first explores how inmates perceive prisons in general, as well as...  Read More >>

Buru Island was the site of Indonesia's most remote and infamousprison camp. In the wake of the 1965 repression...  Read More >>

"""A compassionate and imaginative retelling of a harrowing period in American penal history."" Andy Douglas, Author...  Read More >>

Presenting transcribed interviews of corrections leaders, this book offers a comprehensive survey of correctional...  Read More >>

This Handbook is a global overview of industrialisation. Each chapter will provide readers with contemporary insights...  Read More >>

This volume explores crucial issues surrounding the impact of loss, death and dying for criminal offenders, for...  Read More >>

Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence considers both the individual and prison characteristics associated with...  Read More >>

Through a mix of history, theory, and story, Anna Plemons explores the fate of the Arts in Corrections program at...  Read More >>